Saxony's state parliament rejects a ban on cell phones in elementary school by law. A corresponding motion by the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) did not achieve the required majority in parliament. Apart from the BSW, only the AfD voted in favor of the motion. The CDU had already signaled its opposition in advance.
Minister of Education Conrad Clemens invites you to a "cell phone summit"
However, Minister of Education Conrad Clemens (CDU) surprisingly took a liking to a ban. He made it clear that such a ban - regulated by school regulations - already exists in most elementary school. During the state parliament session, he invited MPs, teachers and other experts to an "open-ended cell phone summit" on August 28.
The parliamentary leader of the CDU parliamentary group, Sören Voigt, had previously said that there was fundamental agreement that cell phones had no place in elementary school due to the distraction they cause children. The schools would handle this differently on their own responsibility. The question arose as to whether everything had to be regulated by law and made mandatory. The fact is that children need to learn how to use cell phones.
