At Kungshögsskolan in Ljungby, during the past year, it has been mobile-free during school hours – but a concern appeared along the way.
The students were afraid to be late for their lessons, as some of them had difficulty with the analog clock.
To solve the problem, the school had to set up digital clocks.
– Both watches are important. Then you give everyone the same chance, says the school’s principal Petra Skogsborn.
When Kungshögsskolan in Ljungby started collecting students’ mobile phones at the beginning of the school day, they had a clear goal: to create a safe zone for the children.
– It is a help for children and young people. We believe that it is health-promoting, it is good for security, study peace and social relationships in life, says principal Petra Skogsborn.
Now the students no longer have to worry about being filmed, photographed or violated, something that was previously a problem.
– It was, for example, that you started a fight and summoned a lot of classmates, and it was easy through dispatch. Then everyone would film and post in chats and write things and be mean to each other.
The students did not know the clock
But before mobile freedom was to be introduced, a concern appeared, something like P4 Kronoberg was the first to report on.
– Before we introduced a mobile-free school, we talked to the students and they had concerns. One was that some students said, how are we going to get to our lessons on time? It won’t be a problem, we said, there are watches.
But it was precisely the clock that the students had problems with.
– Some students expressed that they had difficulty with analog clocks, so we set up both analog and digital ones.
“Gives everyone the same chance”
Petra Skogsborn believes that the young people could not analog the clock is due to our digital society.
– It depends on today’s social development. We encounter the digital clock in computers, telephones and on television. Earlier we encountered the analog one. Both will be needed.
Teaching the children the analog clock is the joint responsibility of both the school and the guardians, according to Petra Skogsborn, who thinks it is good that the school set up two varieties of clocks.
– I think it’s the same as some having difficulty with Swedish, some with English, we’re different.
She continues:
– Both watches are important. Then you give everyone the same chance.