9 Aug 2023

Student responds to National's proposed cellphone ban

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 9 August 2023

Back now to National's proposed ban on cellphones in schools.

Leader, Chris Luxon says the result will be a greater focus on learning but the Secondary Principals Federation has dismissed the any ban as unnecessary and unworkable.

So what will students make of being without their beloved phones for a whole school day?

Wellington Girls College year 12 student Tessa Gilhooly told me the rules have recently changed for her, and it has made a difference.

She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.