"We must return to pen and paper:" the Balearic government will restrict the use of tablets and laptops up to the fourth year of secondary education.’ This was announced on Tuesday by President Marga Prohens during the general policy debate in parliament It should be noted that their use had already been restricted up to the third year of secondary education and is now being extended by one further year; this will be implemented gradually.
Prohens argued that “this is not about opposing technology, but about putting technology at the service of education, rather than education at the service of technology. Our pupils must learn to use digital tools, but today it is essential to reclaim learning habits that have always worked”.
The president has championed a culture of hard work and has asserted that “we must do away with the idea that it doesn’t matter if you fail a subject. Because life doesn’t let you get away with failing subjects. It is not enough just to dream. Behind every dream there is effort, there is perseverance, there are hours of work and there are sacrifices. We must revive the culture of hard work and we must strive for excellence. Because excellence is not elitism. And only those responsible for the greatest educational failure can confuse these concepts’.
"We must do away with the idea that it doesn’t matter if you fail a subject. Because life won’t let you get away with failing subjects. It’s not enough just to dream. Behind every dream there is effort, there is perseverance, there are hours of work and there are sacrifices."