{"id":19387,"date":"2010-10-08T17:23:21","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T21:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=19387"},"modified":"2010-10-08T17:23:21","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T21:23:21","slug":"portsmouth-mayor-supports-banning-cell-phones-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/portsmouth-mayor-supports-banning-cell-phones-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth mayor supports banning cell phones in the classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19388\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19388\" title=\"Vernon Daniel\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Vernon-Daniel-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Vernon-Daniel-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Vernon-Daniel-97x113.jpg 97w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Vernon-Daniel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chairman of the Portsmouth Town Council Mayor Vernon Daniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chairman of the Portsmouth Town Council Mayor Vernon Daniel is supporting the decision to ban cell phones in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Education Minister Petter Saint Jean had announced that the ministry would soon implement a new policy that would prohibit the use of mobile phones in supervised school sessions on the island.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was taken following the 21st meeting of the Education Ministers of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and is to be applied to all OECS islands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think cell phones in schools is a major distraction. First of all I am very technology savy and for the students who want to cheat, they can cheat with the cell phones,\u201d Daniel told Dominica News Online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen a lot of the students are not conscious of the fact that their ring tones will disturb the class and\u00a0 that there are students with short attention spans [although]\u00a0 there are students that don\u2019t really care sometimes,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel is convinced that a cell phone is not necessary in obtaining a proper education as many students\u00a0 in the past who had no cell phones did so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne ring or anything from that cell phone can change the entire setting of the classroom, so my whole thing is cell phones should not be allowed in the classrooms. During the days that I went to school there were no cell phones and the students did much better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIf you have an emergency, you go to the principal\u2019s office where there is a phone. The cell phones must be collected before the students enter the classroom with names and cards to identify. When you leave at the end of the day you collect your cell phones but cells in the classrooms is not acceptable. That\u2019s my view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The education minister had said that under this new system students would not be allowed to use mobile telephones during class, while on the school compound or during any school activity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll cellular phones must be turned off. In the cases where a student is found using a cell phone during school hours or on the school\u2019s compound, then the principal would be within their right to confiscate it,\u201d Saint Jean had said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chairman of the Portsmouth Town Council Mayor Vernon Daniel is supporting the decision to ban cell phones in the classroom. 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