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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Busby

Children have access to porn in the classroom, education union head says in call for phone ban

The leader of the UK's largest education union has called for the government to introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools, arguing it would ease pressure on parents, teachers, and headteachers.

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), says children in classrooms have access to "hardcore pornography" on their phones, citing the damaging effects on both boys and girls.

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