Hungary school smartphone ban sparks protests — where else in Europe are they prohibited?
Thousands protested a Budapest headmaster's dismissal after he refused to implement a smartphone ban. Meanwhile, other European countries are also implementing a ban.
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00:00The new school year kicked off with a protest in Budapest, in Hungary.
00:06Thousands demonstrated against the dismissal of the head of a renowned high school in the
00:11Hungarian capital.
00:13Csaba Mezáros was forced to resign after 24 years after refusing to implement the government
00:19school's smartphone ban.
00:21We had a situation where the teacher asked us to put our phones on the desk, on our
00:27desk.
00:28We did it and it worked perfectly, so I think it would have been a much better solution
00:33to the problem.
00:34And in the Netherlands, primary school pupils are also no longer allowed to bring phones
00:39into the classroom.
00:41The ban already came into effect in Dutch secondary school classrooms at the start of
00:46this year.
00:49In other countries, such as France and Denmark, schools are also experimenting with a ban
00:54on phones.
00:55As long as I can connect it when it's on the road, to know where it is, no problem
01:01for me.
01:02I don't know if there will be less or more noise for that reason, because people can
01:07still use their computers, you can use Snapchat on the computer and write with people there.
01:12Some argue that technology can be an aid in the classroom.
01:16But by implementing a ban, the government and schools hope to improve the students'
01:20focus and improve their learning.