South Australia public high schools will begin introducing mobile phone bans from tomorrow. But while phones are being switched off, students will be allowed to use artificial technology such as ChatGPT.
abc.net.au/news/mobile-phones-banned-at-sa-schools-but-chatgpt-allowed/101904448South Australian students will begin returning to school tomorrow, but for many the first day of school will also be the first without their mobile phone.Schools have until the beginning of term three to implement the banA ban on mobile phone use in public high schools begins at 44 sites tomorrow, with all schools needing to transition to the new state government policy by the beginning of term three.
The pouch will be locked by tapping it on one of 22 locking stations around the perimeter of the school, and unlocked the same way at the end of the day. Education Minister Blair Boyer said the choice to buy such pouches — which cost Seaview High $30,000 — was up to individual schools, and the department would consider supporting schools who require financial assistance to implement them.
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