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School screen time capped as students go back to basics
The policy sets grade-based caps and cites OECD data showing Australian students are nearly twice as likely to spend more than two hours daily on school devices.
- On Sunday, NSW Education Minister Prue Car announced strict daily screen time caps for public schools, limiting usage to 15 minutes for kindergarten to Year 2 to arrest declining reading and writing standards.
- Growing public pressure from the Heads Up Alliance, whose petition surpassed 28,000 signatures, prompted the intervention following Programme for International Student Assessment results showing nearly a quarter of NSW students classified as "low performers" in maths.
- Under the new guidelines, schools must mandate at least one hour of daily pen-and-paper learning, while government research found half of surveyed students reported screen distractions in classrooms.
- The directive will be introduced next year before becoming mandatory in 2028, with exemptions remaining for students with disabilities, non-English backgrounds, or personalised learning plans.
- These changes build on the 2023 public school mobile phone ban; Deputy Premier and Education Minister Prue Car noted screens should not be the default, reflecting broader efforts to restore student focus.
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NSW to introduce school screen limits amid poor results
The NSW government will introduce daily screen time limits across public schools following poor education results.
·North Sydney, Australia
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In an effort to reverse the continued decline in student performance, the New South Wales government has decided to push for a "back-to-books" reform of teaching methods—limiting the time students spend using electronic devices in the classroom, with some lower-grade students spending a maximum of 15 minutes a day on online learning.
·New York, United States
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