by Gina Spencer, nationnews.com (Barbados), 21 October 2015
I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED about the Ministry of Education’s decision to allow students to use their cellphones in school, albeit with restrictions. I see a number of potential problems associated with this and beseech the ministry to give careful consideration before instituting such a policy.
No one can deny the benefits that the information technology age has brought to the educational world but it has also brought some nightmares as well.
I predict increased distraction in the classroom. Teachers are now having to deal with students suffering varying learning disorders, (among them Attention Deficit Disorders), poor concentration (some because of the use of mind-altering substances) and generally disruptive behavior in class. Now the Ministry of Education is adding the monitoring of cellphone use in the classroom.
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