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Quebec to ban cell phones in classrooms across public school system in new year

by Lorraine Carpenter

All public elementary and high schools are expected to have a cell phone policy in place by Dec. 31.

The Quebec government is going ahead with a ban on cell phones in classrooms in the new year. All public elementary and high schools are expected to have a cell phone policy in place by Dec. 31.

On Aug, 23, Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville announced that he would send a directive to the Council of Ministers that will ban the use of cell phones for students in classrooms across the public school system. “We want to help with the concentration of students,” Drainville said in a press conference.

An exception will be made if a teacher asks students to use their mobile phones for educational purposes.

The ban on cell phones in classrooms would not apply to the Quebec private school system.

This article was originally published on Aug. 23 and updated on Dec. 29, 2023.

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.