AQW 27053/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 08/12/2021
Answered On Date: 16/12/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education (i) for her assessment of pupils’ use of mobile phones in school classrooms, with regard to pupils’ education, and the privacy of fellow pupils and teachers; and (ii) to outline her Department’s advice to schools regarding mobile phones in classrooms.

Answer:

My Department does not provide advice to schools in relation to rules around the use of mobile phones in school classrooms or assess their impact on pupils’ education and the privacy of fellow pupils and teachers.

It is the responsibility of the Board of Governors of each school to adopt a policy regarding the use of mobile phones by pupils on school premises.