Adlercreutz: Constitution unlikely an obstacle to school smartphone ban

MINISTER of Education Anders Adlercreutz (SFP) doubts that the constitution could become an obstacle to prohibiting mobile phone use in schools in Finland.

“I’m not a constitutional law expert, but I find it hard to understand the premise that property protections could be an obstacle. There’s all sorts of property. What states that [mobile phones] specifically are property items that belong in the classroom?” he asked in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat on Monday.