A prohibition on taking phones to class was ordered, a difficult choice was made here, which would be put into effect from today

South Korea has made a difficult decision and prohibited taking smartphones to class. This move will be put into effect nationwide from March next year.

School-going students' increasing smartphone addiction is becoming a cause of concern. Keeping in mind this, Australia had already prohibited social media among teenagers some time back. Now South Korea has also made a similar decision and prohibited carrying mobile phones and electronic devices in classrooms. The decision will be enforced in schools countrywide. The authorities here are saying that social media addiction among youths is turning into a massive crisis.

The rule will be enforced from next year

This rule, which was approved by South Korea's Parliament on Wednesday, will be enforced from next March. South Korean leader Cho Jung-hun added that kids continue running Instagram and TikTok until late evening. Their eyes are always red every morning and they remain on Instagram until 2-3 in the night. Previously, these types of decisions have been taken in Australia and Netherlands too. Since the decision in Netherlands, the attentiveness of the students has become better.

These issues were observed in students

98 percent of South Korea's population own a smartphone and nearly 99 percent of the population here use the Internet. Last year, the Ministry of Education here had done a survey. In this, 37 percent of high school and middle school students reported that social media is influencing their day-to-day life. 22 percent of students who took part in the survey reported that if they do not use social media, they begin to feel anxious. Because of this, mobile phones were already prohibited in most schools and now this directive has been adopted by schools all over the nation. But disabled children have been exempted from this rule. There is also no prohibition on the use of smartphones for academic use.