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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Denmark to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs

A boy, 11, looking at a mobile phone
A change in legislation will mean almost all children aged between seven and 16-17 will be required not to bring their phones into school. Photograph: Kathy deWitt/Alamy

Denmark is to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs on the recommendation of a government commission that also found that children under 13 should not have their own smartphone or tablet.

The government said it would change existing legislation to force all folkeskole – comprehensive primary and lower secondary schools – to become phone-free, meaning that almost all children aged between seven and 16-17 will be required by law not to bring their phones into school.

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