The Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, chaired a working meeting with representatives of the autonomous communities.

Minister Pilar Alegría chairs the working meeting with the representatives of the autonomous communities Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, chairs the working meeting with the representatives of the autonomous communities.
The Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, has chaired a working meeting with representatives of the autonomous communities to advance the regulation of the use of mobile devices in schools. The meeting discussed the need to provide a common response to a social concern such as the use of these devices in schools.

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The use of mobile devices in schools

The meeting was held in a good atmosphere and showed the concern shared by the Ministry and the autonomous communities on this issue. In fact, as a result of the sectorial meeting of December 13, seven territories (including Ceuta and Melilla) have already implemented their regulations on this matter, while the rest are in the process of discussion with their school boards and the educational community. Four others already had some kind of regulation in place.

Alegría explained the Ministry’s proposal to the communities and stressed the importance of “addressing this social concern and unease in a coordinated manner. It is a matter of having a common position, listening to each other, which allows a minimum consensus so that the communities, within their autonomy, can then make their recommendations or instructions on a matter of great importance for society”.

The proposal submitted by the Ministry to the communities consists of zero use of cell phones in Infant and Primary Education, and limiting it to pedagogical activities when the teacher considers it appropriate in Secondary, Baccalaureate and Vocational Training. In all cases, exceptional circumstances will be considered. In addition, some communities have proposed that in post-compulsory education stages, it is the centres that can establish its use.

This meeting has served to verify the common interest of the educational community in responding to this concern. In addition, it has shown that the answers that are being given and that are being worked on are very similar to those proposed by the School Council and the Ministry.