“The data was not requested from schools:” the results should have been delivered by the end of the first quarter of 2025, “said Monica Perrero, who belongs to the movement, adding that the data was not requested from schools.
At the beginning of the school year, The Ministry of Science and Innovation (MECI) recommended schools that prohibit the use of mobile phones in the first and second cycle in the third session, the use was restricted.
However, The Republic Association asked the government to submit, during the “first quarter of 2025”Report with quantitative data on schools.
I also asked for air recommendation Evaluation “Impact on the school environmentIn the student’s behavior, mental health “and” a qualitative analysis based on inquiries for teachers, students and parents, and identifying the main difficulties and benefits of applying measures. “
After identifying the main difficulties and benefits, “conclusions will be provided for effective and comprehensive organization, and a reading of the diploma approved in January. No study has been released yet, and the movement adds that the data “has not been requested from schools.” Losa asked about the tutelage, but he has not yet received an answer.
“Until now, only 4 % of schools have adhered to the effective ban on smartphones,” adds “less screens, more life”, which believes that the excessive use of Ecrans brings “great damage to mental, physical and social health for children and youth.”
The results of the study in the experimental project to replace paper guides with digital books.
In September, Meci announced that it will study the effect on learning in students listed in the project, but “the school year has almost ended and has not yet been granted to know any results or even progress”, accusing the movement.
at the moment, Definition of the rules for using mobile phones is in the hands of schools, according to the internal regulations, which is the self -ruling that the Schools Council defends last year.
A study conducted by the Health and Psychological Welfare Observatory (OSPBE) that was conducted in Portugal revealed that 52.8 % of young people from the second session spend at least four hours a day in front of the screen.
The study also showed this The screen time increases according to age: The twelfth graders spend nearly five hours while the fifth grade children do not reach three hours.
In recent years, More and more countries prohibit the use of mobile phones in schoolsBy the end of 2023, there were 60 educational systems with restrictions, but in January this year there were already 79 countries. UNESCO’s study concluded that restrictions brought improvements in learning, concentration, self -identification and combating “bullying”.
but, Another study published in the Lancet magazine revealed that after all there may be many benefits, because children increase the use of Ecrans at home.
In Portugal, guardianship recommendations have always been voluntary attaching by schools, but the executive authority has never closed the door for the final future ban in the context of the school.
