Bulgaria’s Education Minister Proposes Pilot Ban on Phones in Schools

The Bulgarian Minister of Education and Science, Prof. Galin Tsokov, has proposed a pilot ban on mobile phones in select schools, with the aim of assessing its impact before potentially expanding the measure nationwide. Tsokov cited the results of the PISA 2022 international study, which revealed that many Bulgarian students are distracted by their phones during class, at rates higher than the average for OECD countries....