00:02It's beginning to feel a lot like an election campaign.
00:05When the baby to adult ratio rises and the stump speeches begin, it can only mean one
00:13thing.
00:13The election is four months away.
00:15It's right around the corner.
00:17It's crept up on us but we're not far away.
00:20The government chose the marginal seat of Oatly to make a pitch to families.
00:24From term one next year, the bring your own device scheme will be phased out at public
00:29primary schools.
00:30The truth is this is both a cost of living measure as well as a measure to support every
00:35child's education in New South Wales.
00:39It goes hand in hand with the government's screen time limits announced in September.
00:44Students in kindergarten to year two will be limited to 15 minutes a day.
00:48For students in years three and four, it'll be 30.
00:51In years five and six, classroom screen time will be capped at 45 minutes.
00:55If at the end of the day the answer is quickly determined via a computer program, they won't
01:01be doing the thinking for themselves and will be selling our children short.
01:04The bring your own device policy has always been problematic in terms of equity for our
01:09students.
01:09But the Department of Education will need to look very closely at any school where the
01:13bring your own device policy was actually covering up for a lack of resources.
01:17The Minister says there will be enough tablets and laptops to go around in classrooms, they
01:21might just have to be shared.
01:23But from next year every kindergarten student will receive their own device of sorts during
01:28orientation.
01:29It's not a Kindle subscription, it's a proper book that we want them to open and fall in
01:33love with.
01:34Building lifelong habits, one page at a time.
01:37Building lifelong habits, one page at a time.
