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4th September 2018
09:45am BST

It is believed the new stop pupils being distracted by phones during class as well as helping prevent online bullying and helping students make friends more easily and be more physically active during break periods.
90% of French 12-17 year-olds have a mobile phone, and supporters hope the ban will limit the spread of violent and pornographic content among children. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has hailed the legislation as "a law for the 21st century" that will improve discipline among France's some 12 million pupils. As the bill was going through parliament in June, he said "Being open to technologies of the future doesn't mean we have to accept all their uses." Critics of the policy believe that the ban will be difficult to enforce in schools, with the government leaving it up to the individual institutions to decide on how to control the use of devices. The ban will take place when the students return from their summer holidays this year. In the immortal words of Lucas Leiva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L0zKFVUznQExplore more on these topics: