Overview
- The CDU motion proposes binding digital "protection zones" that prohibit private surfing, chatting or gaming on smartphones and other devices at school up to and including grade 10, including during breaks.
- Exceptions would apply only in pedagogically justified cases such as medical necessity or for digital instruction, with clear implementation and enforcement responsibilities for school authorities and principals.
- The proposal urges the Kultusministerkonferenz to craft uniform guidelines to replace the patchwork of state rules and give schools legal certainty.
- Whether this becomes official CDU policy will be decided at the party’s federal congress at the end of February, and broader implementation would still require agreement from the SPD.
- In a separate move, Berlin’s SPD election program calls for a full mobile-phone ban in primary schools, with devices handed in or switched off once the school day begins and the restriction covering lessons and breaks on school grounds.