Sweden’s results in the Pisa examinations have deteriorated sharply over time. One of the government’s proposals to reverse the trend is to introduce a total ban on mobile phones in primary schools.
– All students have the right to go to schools that are mobile-free, Education Minister Lotta Edholm has previously told SVT.
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But not all parties share the view that a mobile phone ban is the right way forward. Nor do the researchers agree.
In the video above, SVT goes through some of the arguments for and against, and in the clips below you can hear how some parties reason on the issue.
This is how the party leaders feel about cell phone bans in schools