Advantage and disadvantage allowing mobile phones

to be brought to school
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In more recent times, the same anxiety greeted the advent of computers, especially the internet.
Today, the internet has become an essential tool and we cannot imagine a life without it. Like the
computer, the mobile phone has many advantages, while an abuse of it can have disastrous
results. Mobile phones are useful tools of communication. Parents and children can keep in touch
with each other and any last minute change of plans can be conveyed easily without any trouble
either party. Some children however, cite this as loss of privacy as parents will have 24 hours
access to their children.
Parents say mobile phone is more than a convenience it is an essential item that can function as
a tracker device. With it they can monitor their children and check o their whereabouts via
satellite. Thus, wherever they are, parent can ensure the safety of their children and avoid
incidents like kidnapping, rape and other such crimes.

Education Ministry officials, school authorities and many parents believe that allowing mobile
phones in schools would only widen the disparity between the haves and the have-nots among
students. Mobile phone come in variety of shapes, colours and functions: from generic ones to
highly sophisticated smartphones. Not every child in school comes from middle or upper class
families that can afford to buy each child mobile phones. The self-esteem of children who do not
own a mobile phone or who possess a basic one will be affected.

Low self-esteem among students would causes rift among children. Cliques, jealousy and rivalry
would result. This unhealthy situation should not be nurtured in a school. Instead, the school
environment should promote equal opportunities and equal treatment.

Another reason for the strong outcry against students to bring mobile phones to school is the
distraction is poses. SMS text, games and ringing tones are some of the distractors that take the
students attention away from the lesson. Children, being children, will not a able to resist the
temptation of answering calls and sending messages when they should be listening to the
teacher or completing their written work. Even if the school authorities ban the use of mobile
phones during classes, the games available on the phone is something the students would resort
to classes to overcome boredom.

Apart from diverting students attention, the mobile phone can be threaten the validity of school
examinations. Students may cheat during examination via text message. Information or answers
can be passed from one student to the next while examiners may be totally oblivious of the
heating that happens.

Finally, even adults find it hard to exercise social etiquette in the use of mobile phones, therefore
children cannot be expected to do any better. Despite explicit message in movie theaters, at
meetings and at formal meetings, we still hear phones ringing away. School administrator and
discipline teachers would find it difficult to effectively prohibit students from using their phones
during lessons.
If the Ministry of Education lifts ban on mobile phones, schools may come up with new rules or
guidelines to control the use of the mobile phone. Inevitably, teachers will be burdened with the
task of monitoring ile phone use and misuse of the mobile phone. All this is additional stress for
teachers who are already loaded with heavy responsibility.


In short, undeniable mobile phones bring lot of conveniences. However, allowing young students
to bring mobile phones is still unnecessary. For them, mobile phones are just mainly
entertainment and showing-off tools. Perhaps authorities can make a slight change on the rule,
for example merely allowing students of secondary schools to bring mobile phones, instead of
including the primary schools students.










Mobile phones should be allowed in schools. Do you agree?
- by Lee Hui Yee
SMJK Kwang Hua
Kangar, Perlis
Mobile phones are one of the great inventions and high
technology items in this modern era. They have become some of
the most indispensable objects in our daily life as technology
becomes more and more advanced. Nowadays, most people from
teenagers to the elderly have personal mobile phones of their
own. Many schools limit or restrict the use of mobile phones.
However, there are students who ignore the rules and continue to
bring along their mobile phones to school despite the restriction.
In my opinion, mobile phones should not be allowed in schools.
What are the factors then?
First, mobile phones will bring about distractions to students. In
the past, bored student generally entertained themselves with
doodling or whispering about anything that came to mind. Today,
students relieve boredom with the ubiquitous mobile phones.
Students engrossed in the mobile phones are unable to pay
attention in class. For example, they are distracted when their
friends send them text messages and they attempt to reply under
their desks. Other than that, they can also play games, browse
the Internet, check and update their Facebook pages and so on.
In other words, they usually use the mobile phones for non-
educational purposes during the class. This can hardly help them
perform better academically. In fact, this can bring forth adverse
effects on their performance.
Another reason why mobile phones should be prohibited in
schools is because students are able to cheat during examinations
using those electronic gadgets. They do so by sending to each
other text messages with answers to the questions. They can also
store their notes and relevant information on their phones and
look at them secretly during tests. It is also possible for them to
cheat by using search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, et
cetera to search for the information that they want. Students
always find ways to cheat during examinations as the tools they
have are getting more and more powerful today. Since the digital
world is hard to track, students are less likely to face the
consequences of their actions. They always assume that they will
not get caught.
Furthermore, mobile phones can easily be lost or stolen in schools.
This is one of the reasons why they are forbidden. If students are
allowed to bring mobile phones to school, they do so at their own
risk. The schools accept no responsibility for damage or loss to
mobile phones in school.
Apart from that, mobile phone addiction is a major drawback.
Students addicted to mobile phones cannot do without using
them, even when they are in class. If the schools permit them to
use mobile phones at school, their addiction will very likely
worsen. They surf inappropriate websites, post pictures or videos
during class. Their undesirable actions will certainly influence or
affect other students.
In a nutshell, mobile phones should be banned and not allowed in
school. The disadvantages of allowing them in schools far
outweighs the advantages. It is the students' responsibility to
study hard and be attentive when teacher is teaching. Students
should aim for good results in examinations so as to better
prepare themselves for their future. Since mobile phones prevent
them from doing so and distracts them when they are in class, I
do not agree that mobile phones should be allowed in schools.