backpacks are full of books as another Academic Year kicks off at the PO Lan middle school north of Helsinki for the past decade The Finnish government encouraged use of technology in children's education are there any good restaurants near here some institutions are now taking a sharp turn they say Learners had become too distracted most students I think just did the exercises as quick as they could so they could then move on to playing games and chatting on social media and so on that's a contrast to what the government hoped to achieve with digital devices they
said the program would promote access to learning and develop new skills but doctors warn many miners are now restless and their brains are becoming fragile you are doing math in computer and and then you go to check Instagram is there any messages and then you come back to Matt and then you go to Snapchat and then you come back to mat so brain uh are very um vulnerable with multitasking and and especially when you are this young age each day Finnish teenagers spend an average of 6 hours staring at screens that's about 4 hours more
than levels recommended by the public health agency and that's being linked to Growing mental health risks and eye problems some students say the change is already yielding results it's a nice thing because the ability to concentrate improves and also if you have to do homework late at night it's easier to go to sleep when you haven't just been looking at a device I find that I can concentrate much much better and doing homework is it's easier because I don't have to like I don't need a device for it across the country lawmakers are now proposing
bans on personal devices in schools that's after concerns that finland's highly ranked education system is in Decline they say a switch back to pen and paper could be just what's needed to keep the grades High Felix noara Al jazer make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al jaaz
