Andiep expresses concern about excessive use of telephones in children and adolescents

A week after Nicolás Maduro announced the launch of a pilot plan to regulate cell phone use among children in the country’s schools, The National Association of Private Educational Institutes (Andiep) expressed concern due to the excessive use of these electronic devices by minors.

In an interview for Unión Radio, the president of Andiep, José Manuel Bolívar, said that the sector is concerned because the inappropriate use of the Internet, telephones and social networks can generate problems in the interaction and development of children and adolescents.

Bolívar explained that children need to play outdoors and have more interaction with other people without any electronic device being in the way.

Andiep recommends that children not have cell phones until they are 12 years old

He also indicated that At Andiep they are waiting for measures to be adopted that can stop the excess of cell phones and insisted that children should not own one until after the age of 12.

«As Andiep we have not yet seen this formal explanation of this plan, however, from what I hear I believe that it has an intention very aligned with what is the global consensus of what needs to be done to manage devices and social networks by part of boys, girls and adolescents,” he added.

He believes that phones should be eliminated from schools because even though in many cases they are used to investigate and inquire about a topic, the cost is too high for students.

Plan to regulate the use of telephones in the country’s schools

During your weekly program With Maduro +the president said that a pilot plan to regulate the use of cell phones in schools is already underway in 100 educational centers nationwide.

He assured that 66% of Venezuelans believe that the use of cell phones should not be allowed in schools.

The government has said that the recent mass poisonings that have been recorded in educational institutions in the country are related to challenges on social networks. For this reason, Maduro asked TikTok Latin America this week to remove this type of content from the platform for Venezuela.