Un nouveau pacte éducatif où l’élève prime sur la machine
Starting next year, the use of mobile phones will be banned in all schools in Senegal, whether public or private. This decision, unprecedented on a national scale, redefines the relationship between youth and digital technology by making technology a fully-fledged component of educational governance.
The Ministry of Education isn't just trying to eliminate a source of distraction or contain the excesses of cyberbullying. By clearly distinguishing between supervised educational tools, such as tablets, computers, and artificial intelligence applications, and uncontrolled personal use of phones, the state is drawing a clear line between structured learning and anarchic digital consumption. School is thus once again becoming a space for concentration, socialization, and transmission, where technology has its place only as an ally of knowledge.
This reform entrusts schools with the task of organizing practical arrangements, while placing them at the heart of a broader educational project. By banning cell phones, Senegal is opening a fundamental debate on how to reconcile digital sovereignty, technological inclusion, and the protection of young people. The issue goes beyond simple academic discipline to touch on the training of a generation destined to become the driving force behind Vision 2050.
By asserting that education must integrate digital technology without submitting to it, the country is outlining a model where modernity does not rhyme with dependence. This courageous choice reflects a desire to raise young people in an environment where technology is a controlled tool rather than an invisible master—an essential condition for building a freer and more sovereign society.
Commentaires (1)
Le Ministre peut interdire l'usage du téléphone dans toutes les écoles, publiques comme privées.
Cependant, le même Ministre ne peut pas interdire "l"interdiction" du port du voile dans les écoles cathotiques ?
Notre pays est drôle, vraiment.
tu dis du n'importe quoi. C'est une tres bonne chose que d'interdire strictement le telephone à l'ecole. Pas de telephone en classe et dans la cour durant toute la journée, c'est ce qui se fait ailleurs. s'il ya un probleme genre accident, l'ecole a les coordonnées des parents. Il faut etre courageux, et ne pas se soucier des etats d'ames des uns et des autres.
Mais l'idéal serait que -l'eleve depose son telephone au debut de la journée en entrant dans l'école, -à la fin de la journée il vient le recupérer.
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