Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that the province's latest attempts to limit mobile phone use in classrooms are designed to help students focus on learning.

Ford added that his message to students in class is simple: do not use mobile phones.

The Ontario Minister of Education announced new rules regarding mobile phone and social media use in elementary and secondary schools yesterday, Monday.

Children in kindergarten through sixth grade will also be required to keep their phones silent and out of sight throughout the school day, unless they receive explicit permission from a teacher.

Students in seventh grade and above will notice a ban on mobile phone use during class time.

The Progressive Conservative government asked school boards to implement their own mobile phone policies in 2019, but Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the results were mixed.