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High schools will also be given an option to enforce the rule, too.
The NSW Department of Education will provide guidelines as to how the ban will work – but it is believed students will be prohibiting from using phones during school hours.
Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg supports the ban, and says if parents demand their children be contactable at school with mobile phones, the phones should not have cameras or Internet access.
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‘I’m really worried about the stress a lot of these kids are already under,’ he told The Daily Telegraph.
Dr Carr-Gregg also called for students in years 7-10 to be banned from using phones, with limited access allowed to year 11 and 12 pupils.
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