A national approach to curbing classroom screen time will top the agenda when federal, state, and territory education ministers meet this week, alongside debates over pen-and-paper tests, artificial intelligence and curriculum overhauls.
Education Minister Jason Clare has repeatedly urged a “digital detox” in schools following the latest PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) results, which showed Australian teenagers continuing to slip in reading and maths, while clocking an average of 2.6 hours a day on classroom devices – well above the OECD average of 1.7 hours.
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