Using Phones In Class Will Now Earn Andhra Pradesh Teachers A Call From Headmaster
NDTV
Teachers will be required to deposit their mobile phones with the headmaster after marking their attendance.
Noting that the use of cellphones by teachers inside the classroom distracts students and teachers, diverting them from learning, the Andhra Pradesh government has banned the use of mobile phones in classrooms.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by state Education Minister Botcha Satyanarayana earlier this month, where the consensus among teachers, union representatives and education experts was to restrict the use of phones in the classrooms as "their negative impact outweighs their utility".
The state government cited the Global Educational Monitoring Report, 2023, by UNESCO and said that even when they are not actively using their phones, students encounter difficulty in maintaining concentration when studying in close proximity to them.
