Russia has banned the use of smartphones for teaching children

New rules introduced by Rospotrebnadzor have appeared online. According to them, minors will henceforth

It is prohibited to use smartphones for educational purposes.

The head of the department told about the initiativesanitary supervision of Rospotrebnadzor Irina Shevkun, writes RIA Novosti. At the same time, tablets, laptops, monoblocks and interactive whiteboards are still among the "allowed" tools. Also, no one forbids schoolchildren to carry phones for communication and communication with parents.

Note that the network has already appearedstatement by Vladislav Kuchma, Director of the Research Institute of Hygiene and Health Protection of Children and Adolescents. Then he said that the smartphone is almost the most unfavorable tool for learning. He cited the too small display of a mobile device as the main reason.