Some schools leave decisions about phone restrictions to each classroom, while allowing phone use under specific circumstances. The student can use such a phone to contact their parents or for academic purposes with their teacher’s permission, Hsu said. Affiliated Senior High School of National Chung Hsing University requires students to turn off their devices at school, unless a teacher says otherwise. Taichung Municipal Chang-Yie Senior High School keeps its junior-high students’ phones for them and requires senior-high students to turn off devices. The Ministry of Education said schools have autonomy to define phone use regulations, as long as decisions are made through a democratic process involving teachers, parents and students.
