Get off the air, Minister tells teachers
Bangalore, Feb. 5 (KVV&KMS)- Teachers will not be allowed to take or receive calls on their mobile phones during class hours, said Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri here this morning.
The Minister said that if a complaint is lodged against an erring teacher then action would be taken. The cell phone ban also applies to all school children.
However, the Minister said that Head Masters and Principals would be exempt from the Primary and Secondary Education Department's diktat.
The Minister did not say whether this rule applied to teachers texting messages.
Speaking to reporters, Vishw-eshwara Hegde Kageri said the "cellphone ban" applied to teachers in Primary and Higher Secondary schools as well as Pre-University colleges.
The 'No-cellphones in classrooms' principle is followed in the grammar and public schools in the UK as well as the State schools in the USA. No law has been enacted by the school boards in the UK and USA since obviously the teachers believe that they shouldn't use their cell-phones while in the classroom.
The Minister also said that in future the teachers should mark 'Eo' indicating 'present' and " Ôuã" indicating 'absent' in the attendance registers instead of 'P' and 'A'.
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