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Students continue to use mobile phones in colleges despite ban

MYSORE: It appears that not many pre-university colleges, including government, aided and un-aided institutions, in Mysore city are serious about implementing the Government Order prohibiting the use of mobile phones by students aged less than 16 on college campus.

The ban also applies to teaching and non-teaching employees of educational institutions.

Students in Mysore are freely using mobile phones on college campus despite the ban. There are instances of some teachers of some PU colleges being warned against using mobile phones in classroom and also in the corridors by officials of the PU Board.

The Government issued an order in October 2007 banning the use of mobile phones in colleges as the instruments were being used by students mostly to listen to music, play games and send SMS.

In fact, the ban made national headlines and also encouraged neighbouring States, including Tamil Nadu, to contemplate ban on the use off mobile phones in their schools.

Mobile phones with features such as camera had been the main reason for the instrument to attract the ban order in the State.

Channaiah, Deputy Director, PU Board, Mysore, told The Hindu that not all PU colleges in the city had enforced the ban. He too had noticed students using phones on some college campus.

Though almost all colleges have put it [copy of ban order] on the notice boards, not all of them are strictly enforcing it. “I have issued direction to college managements to enforce the ban. I have warned some teachers during inspections against using phones. Such teachers could lose their annual increment if found using phones after a warning has been issued to them,” Mr. Channaiah said.

However, Mr. Channaiah said some colleges had enforced the ban and students had been told to make phone calls from coin booths outside the campus.

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