Education ministries see positive results from classroom cellphone ban as school year wraps | Unpublished
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Author: Fakiha Baig
Publication Date: June 9, 2025 - 07:23

Education ministries see positive results from classroom cellphone ban as school year wraps

June 9, 2025
Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year.“I was like, ’No one’s going to follow this,’” the Grade 11 student recalled of the change in September.


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