Checking on the phone during lessons, which happens on Instagram - for many students this may be part of everyday life. This is a subject of controversial debate in Germany: educators and parents are arguing over whether and to what extent smartphones should be allowed in schools.
A survey of parents shows now: Most wish that the phone remains off in the satchel. This was the result of a retrospective evaluation of the German School Barometer, a representative parents' survey commissioned by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
- According to this, 76 percent of the mothers and fathers surveyed are in favor of banning mobile phones at their child's school.
- At elementary school it is even 82 percent.
For exceptions, parents are only prepared if the smartphone is used for educational purposes. For the survey in June and July of this year, more than 1000 parents of children were interviewed at elementary and secondary schools from all over Germany.
Who is allowed to use his cell phone and when? German schools handle this question quite differently. Bavaria is so far the only federal state that prohibits smart phones, laptops and also cameras in schools - unless they are needed for teaching. In other states, there are many schools each have their own rules for mobile phone use.
In Europe, one country has passed legislation for all schools - in all cities - last year, the French National Assembly decided that students under the age of 16 should not use their mobile phone between the beginning of the school and the end of school. In France, therefore, the device must - if it is ever brought - are turned off in the bag.
