On November 30th, Singapore’s Ministry of Education announced that it will ban the use of smartphones or smartwatches by secondary school students on school grounds starting in January 2026. The Ministry requires all secondary school students to refrain from using smartphones or smartwatches during class, breaks, and after-school tutoring activities.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Education announced that from January 2026, the automatic shutdown time for digital applications used by secondary school students for personal learning will be moved from 11:00 PM to 10:30 PM.
The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Social and Family Development jointly launched a plan in January this year to implement stricter management policies regarding the use of smartphones and smartwatches by secondary school students.