Quebec to Ban Cellphones in Elementary and High School Classrooms

Quebec to Ban Cellphones in Elementary and High School Classrooms
A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa in this July 18, 2022, file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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It’s the final bell for cellphones in Quebec classrooms as the province’s education minister plans to ban the devices in most teaching settings, calling them a distraction for students.

Bernard Drainville said Wednesday he intends to bring the issue before the provincial cabinet, with a directive going out to schools “as quickly as possible” thereafter. It would then be up to the schools themselves to enforce the rule, the minister explained.