China News Service, February 1st. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, in order to protect students’ eyesight, allow students to concentrate on studying at school, prevent addiction to the Internet and games, and promote the physical and mental health of students, the General Office of the Ministry of Education recently issued the Notification of Mobile Phone Management Work.
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The "Notice" requires that, in principle, elementary and middle school students are not allowed to bring personal mobile phones into campus.
If there is a real need, the parent’s consent and a written application must be submitted. After entering the school, the mobile phone should be kept by the school and it is prohibited to bring it into the classroom.
The "Notice" emphasizes that schools should incorporate mobile phone management into the school's daily management, formulate specific measures, clarify the place, method, and responsible person for unified storage, and provide necessary storage devices.
The need for communication between students and their parents should be solved through the establishment of public telephones on campus and the communication hotline for class teachers.
Do not use mobile phones to assign homework or require students to use mobile phones to complete homework.
The "Notice" pointed out that schools should strengthen education and guidance through a variety of forms, so that students should treat them scientifically and rationally and use mobile phones reasonably, and avoid simple and rude management behaviors.
Schools should do a good job in home-school communication, and parents should earnestly perform their education responsibilities and form a joint effort for home-school education.
The "Notice" requires the county-level education administrative departments to strengthen work guidance and solve problems in school mobile phone management in a timely manner.
Educational supervision departments should strengthen daily supervision to ensure that relevant requirements are fully implemented to promote the healthy growth of students.
Attach:
General Office of the Ministry of Education on Strengthening Primary and Secondary School Students
Notification of mobile phone management
Education Foundation Office Letter (2021) No. 3
Departments of Education (Education Commission) of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and Education Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:
With the increasing popularity of mobile phones, students' use of mobile phones has many adverse effects on school management and student development.
In order to protect the eyesight of students, allow students to concentrate on their studies in school, prevent indulging in the Internet and games, and promote the physical and mental health of students, we are hereby to further strengthen the management of mobile phones for primary and secondary school students as follows.
1. Limited access to campus.
Schools should inform students and parents that in principle, personal mobile phones are not allowed to be brought into campus.
If a student really needs to bring a mobile phone into the campus, he must obtain the consent of the student's parent and submit a written application. After entering the school, the mobile phone shall be handed over to the school for safekeeping, and it is prohibited to bring it into the classroom.
2. Detailed management measures.
Schools should incorporate mobile phone management into the school’s daily management, formulate specific measures, clarify the place, method, and person responsible for unified storage, and provide necessary storage devices.
Measures such as setting up school public telephones, establishing a communication hotline for class teachers, exploring the use of electronic student IDs with call functions, or providing other parents with convenient ways to contact students, should address the needs of students to communicate with their parents.
Strengthen classroom teaching and homework management, do not use mobile phones to assign homework or require students to use mobile phones to complete homework.
3. Strengthen education and guidance.
Schools should strengthen education and guidance through various forms such as speeches under the national flag, class and team meetings, psychological counseling, school rules and disciplines, so that students can treat scientifically and rationally and use mobile phones reasonably, improve students' information literacy and self-management ability, and avoid simple and rude management behaviors.
Fourth, do a good job in home-school communication.
The school should inform the parents of the relevant requirements of mobile phone management, clarify the harm of excessive use of mobile phones and the need to strengthen management.
Parents should perform their educational responsibilities, strengthen supervision and management of children's use of mobile phones, and form a joint effort for home-school education.
5. Strengthen supervision and inspection.
The county-level education administrative department should guide the school to refine the mobile phone management regulations, listen to opinions and suggestions, and solve the problems in the school's mobile phone management in a timely manner.
The education supervision department shall incorporate the management of school mobile phones into the scope of daily supervision to ensure that relevant requirements are fully implemented and promote the healthy growth of students.
Office of the Ministry of Education
January 15, 2021