Pupils can be easily distracted from their studies and having easy access to a mobile phone during class can make it easier for them to lose focus. According to a 2010 study from Pew Research Cente.

French children starting school in September won’t be allowed to bring their smartphones in with them in a bid to curb ‘screen addiction’.

A new law affecting children between the ages of three and 15 was passed through parliament in France on Monday.

High schools – teaching students aged 15 and over – will be able to choose whether to follow the ban or not.

It includes tablets and any other internet-connected devices as well as smartphones.

Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told French news channel BFMTV: ‘We know today that there is a phenomenon of screen addiction, the phenomenon of bad mobile phone use.

‘Our main role is to protect children and adolescents. It is a fundamental role of education, and this law allows it.’

The phone ban was a campaign promise made by French president Emmanuel Macron and passed 62 votes to one, supported by members of Macron’s centrist La République en Marche! party.

But some lawmakers from the right and the left abstained, claiming the law would add little to rules already in place in schools.

Former teacher Alexis Corbière, a deputy from the left-wing Unbowed France party, said: ‘In reality, the ban has already been made. I don’t know a single teacher in this country that allows the use of phones in class.’

Under the new law, all connected devices must be left at home or remain switched off until the end of the day.

Schools may make exceptions for use in teaching, extra-curricular activities, or for disabled pupils.

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