Beginning January 1, Singapore implemented a stricter ban on the use of smartphones and smartwatches across secondary schools across the country. Singaporean middle school students are not only prohibited from using smartphones and smart watches during class, including other school hours such as breaks and extracurricular activities, but also need to store their devices in designated areas to make the campus “phone-free.” It can only be used in special circumstances with the approval of the school. In addition, the management application settings in the personal learning devices of Singaporean middle school students will be uniformly adjusted, and the automatic shutdown time of the system will be brought forward from the current 11:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., to ensure that students have enough time to stay away from the screen before bedtime and get a higher quality of sleep.

Beginning January 1, Singapore implemented a stricter ban on the use of smartphones and smartwatches across secondary schools across the country. Singaporean middle school students are not only prohibited from using smartphones and smart watches during class, including other school hours such as breaks and extracurricular activities, but also need to store their devices in designated areas to make the campus “phone-free.” It can only be used in special circumstances with the approval of the school. In addition, the management application settings in the personal learning devices of Singaporean middle school students will be uniformly adjusted, and the automatic shutdown time of the system will be brought forward from the current 11:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., to ensure that students have enough time to stay away from the screen before bedtime and get a higher quality of sleep.