Queensway Secondary School in Singapore requires students to store their mobile phones in lockers at the beginning of each school day, restricting access until after classes end. This policy aims to minimize phone distractions during lessons and encourage social interaction. The school's principal cites parental support for the measure, which aligns with a global trend of schools addressing concerns about smartphone usage and its impact on student learning and mental health.
SINGAPORE - At the beginning of each school day, students at Queensway Secondary School have to keep their mobile phones in a “locker”. On most days, they do not have access to their phones until at least six hours later, when their last lesson ends.
Amid mounting research showing the relationship between screen time on smartphones and mental health issues in youth, schools in Singapore have in recent years stepped up measures to curb the usage of smartphones. He added that schools may restrict the use of mobile devices to designated areas or times, like during recess, after school or at the foyer.
Before, students would talk more to one another and there was a lot more play and in-person interaction, she said. Now, it is more common for them to play video and online games, and have conversations about these games with friends regularly. ACS Secondary 2 student, Ng Jun Yi, 14, said locking up their phones helps him and his peers stay focused during lessons by minimising distractions, but he feels the rule should be relaxed during recess.
Mr Christopher Lim, 34, the school’s subject head of student well-being, said this sparked a trend in the school and more students have started stacking their mobile phones during recess time. Previously, when students could have their phones switched on, Secondary 4 student Anand Nethra, 16, would reach for her phone often to check notifications or reply messages.
The school also revamped its spaces to encourage more social interaction among students, in lieu of using their phones. “If children and adolescents are allowed to use smartphones and other devices in school, they will gravitate and overuse . That may leave no time for anything else, especially physical activity and all forms of social activity and interaction that are of a different tempo than that of screens.”
Students can also continue to access text messages through browsers on their personal learning devices, which they use frequently during lessons. At Park View Primary School, for instance, pupils are not allowed to use any smart devices during curriculum hours, and even during recess.
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