At the end of December 2023, the Internet dispersed that Russian students will now not be able to use phones in schools. We decided to check if this statement corresponds to reality.

In October 2023, the State Duma of the Russian Federation was introduced billlimiting the use of mobile phones in schools. According to the document, students were allowed to use smartphones only for educational purposes and with the permission of teachers. However, by the second reading the authors Tighted restrictions, removing this possibility from the text. December 6, 2023 State Duma Accepted bill, December 13, he was Approved Council of the Federation, and December 19 signed Russian President Vladimir Putin. Many media (for example, "Kommersant","Komsomolskaya Truth" RBC, "Russian newspaper") Immediately released articles with headlines that say that mobile phones in schools are now completely prohibited. Discuss the alleged ban and users of social networks ("VKontakte" X, Facebook, Telegram).

In the text document “On amendments to the Federal Law“ On Education in the Russian Federation ”” about mobile phones is said the following: “Do not use means of mobile radiotelephone communications during training in the development of educational programs of primary general, basic general and secondary general education, with the exception of the occurrence of a threat to life or health of students, employees of the organization engaged in educational activities, and other emergency cases”.

That is, students of all classes of secondary schools, according to the changes introduced, will not be able to use phones during study, except for emergency situations. At the same time, training sessions Counted Not only the lessons, but also laboratory, practical, individual and group classes, electives, additional lessons, as well as circles and sports sections. However, the law does not prohibit either bringing smartphones to schools, nor use them at changes or in extended days. Therefore, obviously, there is no question of a complete ban.

The document does not specify exactly how to monitor compliance with restrictions - whether students should take phones to teachers during the classes, leave them in the locker room or simply put them in a backpack. One of the authors of the bill, the head of the State Duma Committee on Enlightenment Olga Kazakov earlier declaredthat these issues are teachers and the leadership of each educational institution, which is entrusted with the obligation to ensure compliance with the rules, will have to be decided together with the parents of students. Therefore, it is still difficult to say how restrictions in practice will be implemented in each particular school. It is possible that in some of them the phones will fall under a complete ban, although the law does not require this.

At the same time, this is not only about smartphones - under restrictions, by words The same Kazakova, tablets with SIM cards also fall. Students will be able to use during lessons only those gadgets that are on the balance sheet of the educational institutions themselves.

We repeat that in the original version of the bill, the phones could still be used with the permission of teachers and for educational purposes, but the fact that the authors to the second reading removed this exception is quite logical. The fact is that in the original form the document contradicted standards SanPina, operating from January 1, 2021, for which mobile means of communication are not used for educational purposes.

It is worth noting that restrictions on the use of phones in schools are a global trend. IN Italy, for example, such measures were introduced back in 2007, in France -In 2018, in China -In 2021. And in July 2023 UNESCO Called Everywhere prohibit students to use smartphones in the lessons. The reason for such a statement was the data provided by the program of international assessment of students - it turned out that there is feedback between the excessive use of computer technology and the academic performance of students.

Thus, in the amendments to the law “On Education” there is no strict ban on phones in schools that many media wrote about. According to the document, personal gadgets cannot be used only during training sessions. However, the law leaves the interpretation space: it does not spell out whether students should hand over the equipment for teachers, where it should be stored, etc. All this will be decided by employees of the local educational institutions, which means that the leadership of individual schools can indeed introduce a complete ban.

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