Punjab prohibits both instructors and students from using cell phones in classrooms.

Both students and professors are prohibited from using mobile phones in class by the Punjab Higher Education Department (HED), which has outlawed their usage in institutions throughout the state.

Since excessive phone use has been interfering with academic activity, the decision intends to promote a concentrated learning atmosphere, according to an official notification sent to all universities.

The alert raised worries that professors’ phone use affects classroom discipline and that students’ frequent use of social media applications during lectures impairs their ability to concentrate.

District college administrators have been directed to firmly implement the prohibition and issue warnings of action against offenders in order to guarantee compliance. Reactions to the change have been divided; some have praised it as a step toward increasing academic concentration, while others claim it limits options for digital learning.