Students should not use mobile phones: New diktat from Jat Panchayat

June 25, 2016 11:47

A UP panchayat on Saturday issued a diktat saying students should refrain from using mobile phones, ANI reported.

Santosh Verma, member of the Jat Mahasabha told ANI that the diktat was not against the use of mobile phones entirely.

Not against mobiles but its misuse, he said. Students must use them only in presence of parents.

Two weeks ago, the Haryana Education Department banned wearing jeans for teachers in school. The notice said that it was not appropriate for teachers to wear jeans in school and that they should be dressed in more formal clothes. The notice was slammed by the Congress immediately.

Earlier in 2016, a panchayat in a village in Gujarat banned women from using mobile phones, claiming that the gadget distracts them from studies.

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