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Mobile phone ban in Tasmanian schools a success for students and teachers ThuThursday 4 FebFebruary 2021 at 8:11pm Mobile phones are still allowed in classrooms but only if they are required for the lesson. ( Share Print text only Cancel When schools in Tasmania introduced a mobile phone ban last year, they anticipated pushback from grumpy teenagers and a period where teachers would have to repeatedly confiscate students phones. But they needn t have worried. Just over six months into the ban, it seems the initiative has been embraced by students and is benefiting them, both academically and socially. State school teachers began enforcing the off and away all day policy when term two began in 2020 and when students were returning to the classroom after lockdown. ....