Every morning at MacKinnon Secondary College in Melbourne's south-east, students put their mobile phones on silent and place them in their lockers.
And as Year 12 student Adam Alfawwal explains, the devices aren't retrieved until the end of the school day.
The classroom ban has been in place for more than eighteen months and according to year 11 student Phoebe Lock, it's had a positive impact.
Victoria has announced a statewide ban starting next year and Federal Government Education Minister Dan Tehan wants other states to do the same.
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