The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, spoke about a survey carried out by UN Data, which reflects that 66% of Venezuelans believe that the use of cell phones should not be allowed in schools. In this sense, he said that his government is working in that direction.
“I have been discussing the issue with the Minister of Education Héctor Rodríguez (…) the issue of the harmful influence on the minds of children and young people who have these electronic devices. It is already a global issue. There are countries like China where protection measures have been taken (…) in cities like London, Berlin (…) it is a topic in global debate,” he said.
In this sense, he said that the Venezuelan government has launched a pilot program in 100 high schools to regularize telephones, social networks and laptops, while promoting reading books.
“School attention has increased, sociability among children has been facilitated, anxiety and violence have decreased,” said the head of state, while adding that he will soon present detailed results of these pilot plans.
“We are going to take clear, powerful and consensual steps to protect children and young people in their educational development process (…) The Ministry of Education has to do much more to protect children from these harmful influences,” said the president. .
The president pointed out that “the most serious thing is that they are trying to shape our society from children as young as two years old,” so “the revolutionary Government is not committed to any of these people (social media companies), our commitment He is with the boys and girls,” he said.
