Saskatchewan’s New Cell Phone Restrictions
The Ministry of Education announced last year before the 2024/2025 school year began that cell phones would no longer be allowed during class in all schools in the province. There are certain exemptions granted such as exemptions indicating grades 9-12 may use phones for a specific reason to support their learning as instructed by the teacher, but aside from this cell phones are banned from the classroom. There are benefits and drawbacks to this move from the perspective of teachers,…