East Lothian mum's call to stop pupils using own smart phones during lesson backed

A mum who called on schools in East Lothian to ban pupils from using their own mobile phones during lessons has been backed by councillors.

Jenny Gries, a mum of three and former primary school teacher, told a meeting of the council's petitions committee that a lack of council-provided devices in secondary schools meant some students were being asked to use their own devices to access learning material.

And she said the situation meant some young people were being distracted by 'hundreds of notifications' a lesson instead of being able to focus.

Ms Gries, from Gullane, pointed to an incident at all schools in East Lothian two weeks ago when all email accounts had to be suspended after a rogue email sent by a pupil, which went viral, attracted a string of inappropriate adult material