The Dutch government has announced that devices including mobile phones are set to be banned from classrooms to stop them from disrupting learning.
The initiative is being introduced in collaboration with schools and is to take effect at the start of next year.
Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf says Students must be able to concentrate in classrooms and be given every opportunity to learn well.
The government says it would be up to individual schools to agree on the exact rules with teachers, parents and pupils - including whether they wanted to completely ban devices from schools.