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Mobile phone ban at schools: These rules apply in the federal states
More and more federal states are relying on a mobile phone ban in schools – from primary school to ninth grade. The star-Info card shows which requirements apply in the federal states.
With the end of the summer holidays in Schleswig-Holstein, the pupils at the secondary schools start today with a new regulation into the school year: from now on a mobile phone ban applies to the ninth grade. This ban has existed at primary schools since 2023. The implementation lies in the hands of the individual schools, which have time until the coming summer holidays to introduce the specifications.
Mobile phone ban in schools: The regulations are so different
Not only in Schleswig-Holstein, the debate about cell phone use in schools and in politics was recently led to a lively manner. In many other federal states, the use of smartphones was also discussed and their use was partially bindingly restricted. Which regulations apply where does the star summarized for you on an interactive card. Click on the individual federal states to obtain more information:
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Especially at primary and special schools up to fourth grade, many federal states agree that a ban on cell phones in schools make sense. There are already binding regulations in Bavaria, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hesse, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia. In Saxony, a ban is to come into force from the coming school year.
In contrast, there are only a few uniform requirements for secondary schools. In addition to Schleswig-Holstein, only Bremen and Hesse have introduced binding restrictions from the fifth grade.
The remaining eight federal states-Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt-have so far completely dispensed with cross-border regulations, but sometimes speak recommendations to schools.
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Source: Stern
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