Phones banned in state schools

QUEENSLAND state school students will be banned from using mobile phones during school hours from 2024 in new rules introduced by the Queensland Government. Education Minister Grace Grace has announced a comprehensive ban on mobile phones and certain wearable electronic devices, such as smartwatches, at all Queensland state schools during school hours, including break times, starting from Term 1, 2024.

The move aims to provide uniformity across schools and reinforce the existing bans already implemented by over 95% of schools during class times. However, around 15% of these schools do not extend the ban to break times.

The decision to implement a statewide ban comes after the completion of the Anti-Cyberbullying 2018 Taskforce recommendations. As part of this effort, all state schools were required to outline their management strategies for mobile phones