{"id":47708,"date":"2020-12-04T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=47708"},"modified":"2020-12-04T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:46:28","slug":"mobile-phones-will-be-banned-in-sa-primary-schools-from-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/mobile-phones-will-be-banned-in-sa-primary-schools-from-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Phones Will Be Banned In SA Primary Schools From Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mobile phones will be banned from SA primary schools next year, says the state\u2019s education minister, with the only exemptions being for students with certain health conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education Minister John Gardner told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Friday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cKids should be focused on learning in school and in primary school there\u2019s no reason for a kid to have a mobile phone\u2026 so they won\u2019t be doing that anymore as of next year\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cHaving one policy across the state for primary school can work. 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