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NSW schools to restrict screen time from 2028

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The New South Wales Minns Government has announced proposed guidelines restricting student screen time in schools, with preschoolers limited to 15 minutes daily, building up through primary school, and high school students spending around a quarter of their day on screens. The policy, prompted by the Program for International Students Assessment results showing Australian children's reading and writing skills at an all-time low, will mandate at least one hour of pen and paper work daily. The changes are scheduled for rollout in 2028, though some schools are already implementing similar restrictions.

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Well proposed guidelines have been announced for New South Wales schools. Students are set to be restricted to as little as 15 minutes of screen time during lessons under a plan from the men's government. So, our lives as I'm McLaren in Sydney now and Zoe, this is a big step. What's prompted this? Yeah, good morning, guys. Well, it's been labelled. I push back to the books after this week's release of the program for International Students Assessment Show. Ozzy kids reading and writing skills at an all-time low, the men's government now looking, to mandate how much time our students spend on the screens students, as young as preschool will spend around 15 minutes a day on screen times, building up through primary school and then our high school students spending around a quarter of their day on screens. Now, students will have to spend around an hour on pen and paper writing down. The

Education Minister says this is about protecting a generation who is reading and writing skills on a decline. Now, it says that this won't affect digital literacy. It says that stays will stay a core priority of the curriculum. Now, we won't see this rolled out until 2028, but some schools are already starting to implement changes. So, guys, it looks like getting that pen license will become a little bit more important. Yeah, and you're sort of saying that school's already sort of do this as well, though, they really do. They really do. Yeah, absolutely. And let us know what's happening in your schools. We've got four schools in our family and it certainly happens in all of the schools, I think that teachers and principals are very aware of this.

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