SAO PAULO (AP)– Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday authorized a costs limiting using smart devices at institution, complying with a worldwide fad for such restrictions.
The action will certainly influence trainees at primary and senior high schools throughout the South American country beginning inFebruary It offers a lawful structure to make certain trainees just make use of such tools in situations of emergency situation and risk, for academic functions, or if they have specials needs and need them.
“We cannot allow humanism to be replaced by algorithms,” Lula said in a closed ceremony at the presidential palace in the capital, Brasilia, adding that the bill “acknowledges the work of every serious person in education, everyone who wants to take care of children and teenagers in this country.”
In May, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, a leading think-tank and university, said Brazil had more smartphones than people, with 258 million devices for a population of 203 million Brazilians. Local market researchers said last year that Brazilians spend 9 hours and 13 minutes per day on screens, one of the world’s highest figures.
Education minister Camilo Santana told journalists that children are going online at early ages, making it harder for parents to keep track of what they do, and that restricting smartphones at school will help them.
The costs had unusual assistance throughout the political range, both from allies of leftist Lula and his reactionary enemy, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
