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Bengal CM Adhikari Backs School Phone Restrictions, Gujarat Model
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said schools should limit students’ use of mobile phones.
He pointed to Gujarat as an example.
He said phones are not used in Gujarat schools from Class I to Class XII.
He made the comments during a Teachers’ Day event in Newtown.
At the same event, he started a higher-education merit scheme.
He also introduced a new transfer policy for college teachers.
Adhikari said two new ‘CM Shri’ schools would open in every district.
Students would enter these schools from Class VI based on merit, and the schools would have modern facilities such as smart boards.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari advocated regulating mobile-phone use in schools.
Adhikari said Gujarat does not allow phones in schools from Class I through Class XII.
He made the remarks at a Teachers’ Day program in Newtown on Saturday.
The chief minister inaugurated the Swami Vivekananda Merit Scheme in higher education.
He also announced two merit-based ‘CM Shri’ schools in each district and launched a college-teacher transfer policy.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
- What
- He called for regulating mobile-phone use in schools and announced education initiatives, including ‘CM Shri’ schools.
- Where
- Newtown, West Bengal.
- When
- Saturday, at a Teachers’ Day program.
- Why
- He said phone use in schools needs to be regulated and cited Gujarat’s school policy as an example.
Key facts
- Phone policy proposal
- Adhikari advocated restrictions on mobile-phone use in schools.
- Cited model
- He said phones are not used in Gujarat schools from Class I to Class XII.
- Event
- Teachers’ Day program in Newtown.
- Higher education initiative
- The Swami Vivekananda Merit Scheme was inaugurated.
- Teacher policy
- A new transfer management policy for college teachers was launched.
- CM Shri schools
- Two schools are planned in each district.
- Admissions
- Admission will begin from Class VI based on merit.
Quotes
Suvendu Adhikari
West Bengal chief minister speaking at a Teachers’ Day program
“In these schools, admission will be given from Class VI based on merit. Like the Central Model School, the schools will have all modern facilities, including smart boards. Large sports-related institutions will be set up in the western and northern regions.”
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“My votes may perhaps decrease. But I will still say that the use of phones in schools needs to be regulated. In Gujarat, phones are not used in schools from Class I to Class XII.”
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