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'Don't use the phones' Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells students

Don't use phones in class, Ford tells students

Published Apr 30, 2024 at 1:40am

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'Don't use the phones' Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells students
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province's latest attempts to limit cellphone use in classrooms is designed to help students focus on learning. A phone holder hangs in a classroom at a high school in Delta, Utah on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rick Bowmer

Ontario's latest attempts to limit cellphone use in classrooms are designed to help students focus on learning, Premier Doug Ford said Monday.

The province's education minister announced new rules Sunday on cellphone and social media use in elementary and high schools.

Ford said his message to students in class is simple: do not use cellphones.

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