Experts Call for Avoiding an Absolute Ban on Mobile Phones in Schools and Protecting Children's Rights
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Prohibiting the use of smart cell phones in schools “not enough to prevent possible harmful effects of unregulated and uncritical consumption,” experts from the Ibero-American University (Ibero) agreed during a discussion table on the impact of banning cell phones in schools.
Experts analyze cellular regulation in Mexican schools and warn about its limits and possible exceptions.
The measures of "emergency and security" should be considered, since cell phones have become the tool with which children and adolescents communicate with their relatives.The entry Forbidding cell phones in schools in Mexico should not violate autonomy or generate exclusion, experts warn was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.
Celulars in schools? The debate is growing in Mexico and Oaxaca in the face of the increased use of social networks and their effects on children and adolescents. The key would not be to prohibit, but to educate to live with technology.
Cimenna Chao Rebolledo, Director General of Strategic Planning and Innovation, said any restrictions should be accompanied by a digital literacy strategy.
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