‘Eyes up, screens down’: Victoria restricts tech in high school classrooms to two hours a day in national first (opens original article in a new tab)

Victoria introduces a national-first policy limiting secondary school students to two hours of daily screen time in classrooms, with similar restrictions for primary schools and expanded bans on personal devices.

• Victorian secondary schools will limit classroom device use to two hours daily from 2027.
• Primary schools will have screen-time limits of 90 minutes for years 3-6 and minimal for prep to year 2.
• Smartphones banned in Victorian schools since 2020, with smartwatches and headphones to be banned by 2027.