He stated that he was not aware of “a single school” in the south-east region of England that let the devices to be used “freely” throughout the school day, “and certainly not in classrooms.”
While it hasn’t gone so far as to outright forbid smartphones, the government has just released guidelines to make sure that all schools impose sensible smartphone-free policies.
To remove the gadgets from the classrooms, however, more force is required, according to the campaign group Smartphone Free Childhood.
Its co-founder, Clare Fernyhough, stated, “This is an urgent situation that needs immediate government support.”
Kyle spoke as the US and the UK unveiled their first cooperative pact to protect kids online.
It will witness the formation of a collaborative working group on online safety to exchange data and knowledge and investigate the effects of social media on kids.
The deal, according to Kyle, will shift the focus of the two nations’ “historic partnership” to “delivering a safer online world for our next generation.”
Parents “don’t have time to wait and see whether this UK-US agreement makes any difference when their children’s futures are at stake,” according to Smartphone Free Childhood, who told the news that it was insufficient.
