A 12-year-old boy plays with his personal phone outside school, on June 17, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS_AP, Emilio Morenatti) CANADAHALIFAX news Nova Scotians overwhelmingly support cellphone bans in schools by admin 30 أغسطس، 2024 written by admin 30 أغسطس، 2024 28 CITYnews halifax / By Steve Gow The province’s latest directive for Nova Scotia schools is clearly popular, according to a new survey. Starting in September, elementary school students must store away their phones for entire days while older public school students will be banned from using cellphones in classes unless teachers allow it for instruction. A new Narrative Research survey conducted between Aug. 8 and 21 indicates 89 per cent of respondents in Nova Scotia support that move with only 7 per cent somewhat or completely in opposition. “They felt really that phones do present an opportunity to educate and maybe you can teach youth to properly how to use cellphones,” explains Narrative Research CEO Margaret Brigley. (Narrative Research) “But more so, they thought you should only penalize usage (or) abuse rather than ban it across the board.” Brigley says 72 percent of Nova Scotians are strongly in favour of cellphone bans adding that the reason given is because they think it would help students focus on their studies. Other reasons cited for supporting a cellphone ban in the classroom include that cellphones don’t serve a purpose in classrooms or they contribute to a risk of addiction. The level of support is similar across all Atlantic provinces with close to nine in ten respondents (86%) expressing support for a classroom ban. More than 1,300 Atlantic Canadians aged 18 or older took part in the survey. 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post More than 28K students in Halifax area to receive free transit passes next post Two more people charged in murder of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach You may also like v 20 سبتمبر، 2024 More pharmacies added to community primary care clinic... 20 سبتمبر، 2024 Head of committee monitoring response to N.S. mass... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 Wednesday’s hot weather breaks 125-year-old record in Halifax... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 Local authors focusing on upcoming literature event in... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 لوغو طلب من الكتلة الكيبيكية إسقاط ترودو لكنها... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 كندا ’’ملعب‘‘ للتدخل الأجنبي وفقاً لنائب كندي 19 سبتمبر، 2024 كندا تمتنع عن التصويت على مشروع قرار يدعو... 19 سبتمبر، 2024 خفض عدد الطلاب الأجانب في كندا بـ10% إضافية 19 سبتمبر، 2024 Canadian Coast Guard crew member lost at sea... 18 سبتمبر، 2024