Mexico City — Mexico’s Public Education Department (SEP) has secured a unanimous national agreement to regulate cellphone use in classrooms, Education Secretary Mario Delgado Carrillo announced during the Third Extraordinary National Plenary Meeting of the National Council of Education Authorities (CONAEDU).
In a post on X, Delgado also announced the distribution of more than 16 million guides to students, families and teachers as part of efforts to promote the mental health strategy known as “El ABC de las Emociones” (The ABCs of Emotions).
“During the Third Extraordinary National Plenary Meeting of #CONAEDU we reached a unanimous agreement to regulate the use of cellphones in classrooms,” he wrote.
The education secretary did not specify in his message what rules were agreed, which education levels they will apply to, or when they will take effect.
Delgado said that alongside the device restrictions, the government will strengthen mental health support for adolescents and young people between the ages of 14 and 18 through “El ABC de las Emociones,” an initiative promoted by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
He called for teamwork “for an education with fewer screens and more togetherness for girls, boys, adolescents and young people.”
To spread the strategy, officials plan a public awareness campaign, school assemblies and classroom activities, in addition to distributing the guides among school communities.
“Let’s work as a team for an education with fewer screens, more togetherness and comprehensive development for the girls, boys, adolescents and young people of Mexico,” Delgado said.
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