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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Unesco calls for schools across the world to ban smartphones from the classroom

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Smartphones should be banned from classrooms across the world in a bid to improve learning and protect children from online bullying, a UN report has recommended.

Unesco, the educational, scientific and cultural wing of the UN, said there was evidence that excessive mobile phone usage was linked to reduced educational performance.

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