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Sweden Bans Classroom Phones, Funds 555 M SEK Textbooks

6/10/2026

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Sweden’s centre-right government will ban mobile phones in all classrooms starting the next academic year.
Education committee chair Joar Forsell said the ban aims to reverse falling reading and writing skills.
The state allocated 555 million Swedish krona ($59 million) for new textbooks and teachers’ guides.
Critics such as the Swedish Edtech Industry warn the policy could weaken students’ future digital-skill readiness.

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Sweden’s centre-right government will ban mobile phones in all classrooms starting the next academic year.
Education committee chair Joar Forsell said the ban aims to reverse falling reading and writing skills.
The state allocated 555 million Swedish krona ($59 million) for new textbooks and teachers’ guides.
Critics such as the Swedish Edtech Industry warn the policy could weaken students’ future digital-skill readiness.