Cowards, this is why people say local politicians are useless. Why table it to then delay it?
I hope they don’t ban them. My daughter is at high school and it’s useful and reassuring to be able to contact her, and for her to be able to contact us should she have any problems, especially in travelling across town by herself.
Banning phones seems like using a sledgehammer to put in a nail. We need parents to be teaching their kids the appropriate use of phones and other technology, rather than simply making them forbidden items.
Banned in classrooms is fine imo. They can have them at break and lunch, before and after. Nobody needs to be communicating with anybody all the time. And we have seen time and time again the predatory practices software on these devices. Children are often far better at regulating than we give them credit for, but they are proven to be distracting in classes, we can always bring them back if we think that teaching with them is better!
They shouldn’t be using them in class, no, but that shouldn’t need any extra legislation or whatever.
Some people would ban them in schools altogether though, and I’d be against that.
Anyway, the report says that the “delay” is simply not passing a Tory move to do something immediately, instead of waiting for national level guidance:
But the move was voted down, as other parties agreed it was “best to wait for the Scottish Government guidance to be released” as education was a devolved matter.
A joint amendment agreed by the Labour administration, SNP, Greens and Lib Dems said the issue should go before the education committee once this was published.
Seems perfectly sensible to me. Why enact changes immediately only to then have to change them again based on what Holyrood says?
Holyrood unlikely to do anything meaningful. Schools are one of the few devolved powers councils genuinely have. If they are just going to go with Holyrood also, why delay, why not just cancel? Kicking that can a bad look imo
Its already against school rules to use your phone in class. Why does it need to be a law?
Councils don’t create laws
Calling them cowards is pretty ignorant. Do you know what consultations, stakeholders, and evidence they need to consider in order to ensure it’s enacted properly for the long term results they’re aiming for?
Then vote it down, or better yet, don’t table it at all
Or table it, vote for it, then make sure it’s done properly
