Sweden wants to reverse a decision to make digital devices mandatory in preschools and to completely end digital learning for children under age six.
As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills.
The minister announced last month in a statement that the government wants to reverse the decision by the National Agency for Education to make digital devices mandatory in preschools. It plans to go further and to completely end digital learning for children under age six, the ministry said. In comparison, Singapore – which topped the rankings – improved its PIRLS reading scores from 576 to 587 during the same period, and England’s average reading achievement score fell only slightly, from 559 in 2016 to 558 in 2021.
In a report published last month, UNESCO issued an “urgent call for appropriate use of technology in education”.
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