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Macron Backs Push to Ban Cellphones in French High Schools

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France’s Education Minister is looking at outlawing phones in all schools starting with the 2026-2027 school year.

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Until now, the use of mobile phones was only banned in French primary schools and colleges.

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The President of the Republic has announced that he wants to extend the ban on mobile phones in high schools. It is already effective in college.

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Emmanuel Macron assured that the executive was thinking about banning mobile phones in high school. "We've taken the cell phone out of high school, (...) we're probably going to expand it to high schools," he launched this Friday, during a trip to the Vosges. Since 2018, the object is banned in schools ranging from kindergarten to high school. - Emmanuel Macron is thinking about banning mobile phones in high school from the start of the new scho…

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Emmanuel Macron announced this Friday, November 28th that he would like to extend the ban on mobile phones in high school as soon as the next year and launch a prevention campaign, as part of the "digital pause" already applied to the college.

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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Friday, November 28, 2025.
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