The meeting comes just days after Victoria’s decision to ban mobile phones at public schools from next year, in an effort to tackle cyberbullying and distraction in the classroom. The NSW government announced a ban on phones in public primary schools late last year. Tehan is asking his counterparts in states without a ban to consider a similar move in their states and territories, which would stop all Australian public school students using phones during school hours. Victoria to ban mobile phones in all state primary and secondary schools Read moreBut Queensland, the Northern Territory and the ACT have no plans to implement a similar rule. But the NSW education minister, Sarah Mitchell, will use the meeting to call for a review of the national assessment, which could consider alternative options to the Naplan test.

Source: The Guardian June 28, 2019 00:45 UTC