Classroom Cellphone Ban to be Introduced by Ontario Government

A young girl uses a cellphone in this file photo. In a statement made March 12, 2019, Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson said the Ontario government is planning to ban cellphones in classrooms. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images

TORONTO—The Ontario government will be introducing a ban on cellphones in the classroom to create a better learning environment for students, said Education Minister Lisa Thompson.

“Ontario’s students need to be able to focus on their learning, and not their cell phones,” she said in a written statement Tuesday, March 12.