Sorin Costreie, the new Minister of Education, told Digi24 that leaving phones outside classrooms is a good solution in schools. He also believes that in this case, teachers must collaborate with parents. Asked if it is blameworthy that the teacher allows the phone to be kept during class, Costreie asked Cosmin Prelipceanu if “we are here for an inquisition of the teachers”.
“You have to act and something has to be done, because it’s not normal for this to happen. It’s a very simple matter of distraction, so you can’t learn if your mind is somewhere else. It’s simple, I don’t think we need big studies here. So, that’s why I told you that I think it’s a very good measure, so that children don’t have access to phones during classes. During breaks, yes, maybe there’s an emergency or something happened,” he says the Minister of Education.
Asked if it is a blameworthy case that the teacher sometimes gives the phone to the children during the lessons, Sorin Costreie said that “it depends on the context”.
“I have to see the context in which this thing happened”, emphasized the Minister of Education.
In principle, yes, this should not happen. Yes. But are we here at an inquisition of teachers? I think we need to find measures…
“The parent can complain, but he must also see what he does at home, because the model at home is very important. Do you understand? And here we can only do it if the teachers collaborate with the parents”, pointed out Costreie.
