Politics · Mexico · 2 days ago
Michoacán schools to restrict students’ phone use from November 3
Mexico’s education secretary, Mario Delgado, met with school communities in Michoacán to explain new rules for digital devices in basic education schools.
The rules are due to take effect on November 3 in public and private schools.
They are intended to keep students from using phones during lessons while allowing families to contact their children when needed.
Officials say excessive phone use can affect concentration and reading, encourage isolation, and expose students to bullying and online violence.
The measures also encourage students to use break times to interact with one another.
They are part of a broader effort to make schools safer and promote responsible technology use, with teachers and families involved in applying the rules.
Delgado also said President Claudia Sheinbaum presented a decree requiring digital platforms to remove certain harmful content, including material linked to abuse, violence, bullying and self-harm.
The decree is scheduled to be published in Mexico’s official gazette on October 14.
Mexico will restrict mobile-device use during classes in public and private basic-education schools starting November 3.
The measures aim to limit distractions and encourage students to use recess for social interaction.
Education Secretary Mario Delgado said families can still communicate with their children when needed.
President Claudia Sheinbaum presented a decree requiring digital platforms to remove specified harmful content.
The decree is due to be published in Mexico’s Official Gazette on October 14.
- Who
- Mexico’s Education Secretary Mario Delgado announced the school measures; President Claudia Sheinbaum presented the platform decree.
- What
- Schools will limit phone use during classes, and platforms will be required to remove specified harmful content.
- When
- The school measures are due to begin November 3. The decree is due to be published October 14.
- Where
- Public and private basic-education schools in Mexico; Delgado discussed the measures with school communities in Michoacán.
- Why
- The measures aim to protect students’ learning, concentration, well-being and safety, and to make platforms safer for children and adolescents.
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la tecnología debe utilizarse como una herramienta de apoyo pedagógico y no como un sustituto de la enseñanza presencial
las maestras y los maestros son el corazón del Sistema Educativo Nacional (SEN) y actores insustituibles en el aprendizaje de niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes
El Economista MX reported that Delgado said Sheinbaum had presented the decree.
The decree is due to be published in Mexico’s Official Gazette.
The school device-use measures are due to begin.
- School rollout
- November 3
- Schools covered
- Public and private basic-education schools
- Location of meetings
- Michoacán, Mexico
- Decree publication
- October 14 in the Official Gazette
- Content categories
- Hate speech, violent extremism, abuse, exploitation and sexual violence among other specified content
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