High school students react to Ontario's proposed cellphone ban

It's March break for students across Ontario, but when it comes to introducing new education policies, the provincial government isn't taking any time off.

On Tuesday, the Progressive Conservatives revealed that as of thisthis fall, cellphones would be banned inside the classroom during instructional time.

• Ontario to ban cellphones in classrooms next school year
• Critics wonder how that will be enforced

CBC Radio'sOttawa Morningwanted to know what studentsthought about the plan, so theywent down to the Rideau Centreto hear from a few who wereenjoying their week off.

Hazim Mohamed

Mohamed worries that if students lose access to their phones, they could miss important messages.

"Parents might just randomly text youfor, like, emergency reasons. And if you don't have your phone you'll never know."

"I don't think it's going to work," he went on to say. "There are a lot of classes where cellphones are [already] banned, but people still go on them."

Leena Al-Hindawi

"I don't think it is a good idea cause in the real world we're going to have cellphones," said Al-Hindawi.

"So if you don't resist that urge to always use your cell phone in the first place, it just won't be a good idea ... I know it's a distraction but we need to learn to control ourselves and not use them all the time."

Omar Ntibuberwa

Ntibuberwa'sconcern is simple.

"You can use it for music. Some students work better with music," he said, worrying theban would make that form of mental focus impossible.