Spain's Madrid and Andalusia Decrees Ban Mobile Phones Across School Days, Including Recess
Spain's largest autonomous communities, Madrid and Andalusia, have enacted binding decrees prohibiting student smartphones throughout entire school days to eliminate digital bullying and restore classroom focus.
The regional governments of Madrid and Andalusia, representing Spain's most populous educational jurisdictions, have issued binding regional decrees banning smartphones across all publicly funded primary and secondary schools. The mandate requires mobile devices to remain powered off and stored away from morning arrival until departure, explicitly extending the ban to recess and break intervals.
Regional education authorities emphasized that unmonitored screen access during break periods had fostered severe interpersonal disengagement, playground isolation, and peer cyberbullying. Under the new legal framework, mobile devices may only be operated under direct, exceptional pedagogical instruction or certified medical necessity.
Follow-up inspections across thousands of participating schools confirmed an immediate revitalization of outdoor sports, library reading, and face-to-face peer interaction, alongside a steep decline in classroom disciplinary interventions related to mobile distractions.
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