New South Wales Labor Pledges to Ban Phones in Public High Schools

A student uses his mobile phone for research during a english lesson at the Ridings Federation Winterbourne International Academy in South Gloucestershire, England, on Feb. 26, 2015. Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Mobile phones will be banned in New South Wales (NSW) high school classrooms if the Labor party wins the next state election in March.

A blanket ban on phones is already in place in primary schools but is optional for high schools to implement.