Updates

In April 2025, Luxembourg’s Ministry of Education introduced new rules to limit the use of smartphones and similar devices in schools as part of its Screen-Life-Balance campaign, aimed at reducing negative effects of excessive screen time on students’ mental health, academic performance and social development. Under the new regulation, primary schools and after-school care facilities must ban device use throughout the day, including breaks. Exceptions are only allowed for educational or medical purposes. From June 2025, public secondary schools must implement a minimum requirement ensuring physical separation between students and devices during lessons. Each secondary school can define its own policy in consultation with its school community. While 16% of secondary schools apply the minimum requirement, 71% adopted stricter measures (for example, limits by location or age), and 13% have implemented full-day bans. Additional measures include content filters, age-based Wi-Fi access and guided iPad use in educational settings. The pilot project Digital Well-being am Lycée in high schools supports teens in managing social media responsibly.