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Education minister considering banning cellphones from schools
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEducation Minister Rafi Peretz says the ministry is considering banning cellphones from schools, Channel 12 reports.
“We will look at upsides and downsides,” he tells a gathering of school principals from central Israel. “You face this challenge every day, so I will soon hold a meeting in my office with principals from all sectors and all age groups” to consider the matter.
Educators have expressed concerns over the effects of rampant cellphone use by children, particularly the access they give young kids to unsafe internet content.
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