The law in Poland does not regulate the use of smartphones in schools and other educational institutions. They establish these rules on their own. What do Poles think about this? The idea of ​​banning the use of smartphones in schools is met with a positive response. Three-quarters of respondents (73%) are in favour of the ban, including almost half (47%) who express their approval strongly. One-fifth (21%) have the opposite opinion.

Do you agree that there should be a ban on using smartphones in schools and educational institutions?

Responses indicate that a better solution would be to introduce general, uniform regulations regarding students' use of smartphones in schools, rather than for each school to establish its own rules (71% versus 25%).

Would it be better if:

If we combine the answers to both questions, we will arrive at the following picture of the social attitude towards these solutions. The largest group, over half of respondents (56%), support a ban on the use of smartphones in schools and at the same time opt for it at the systemic level. Symmetrically, 13% are in favour of not having such a ban in all schools in Poland. About one-sixth (16%) support a prohibition of the use of smartphones in schools, but at the same time believe that each school should regulate it independently. A smaller group of people (8%) support the sovereignty of schools in this area, although they generally oppose the ban.

Ways to regulate smartphone use in schools: