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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

‘Eyes up, screens down’: Victoria restricts tech in high school classrooms to two hours a day in national first

Secondary schools in Victoria will limit device screen time to two hours a day, after an announcement from the state education minister.
Secondary schools in Victoria will limit device screen time to two hours a day, after an announcement from the state education minister. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP

Victorian secondary school students will spend less time on screens and more time using pen and paper under a national-first plan to limit classroom device use to two hours a day.

The Victorian government on Monday announced that all state secondary schools will be required to incorporate planned device-free learning time in their teaching programs from term 1, 2027. This could include “using whiteboards or paper, group debates, practical experiments or performances instead”, the government said.

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