Around 23.8 per cent of children use smartphones while they are in bed before going to sleep and 37.15 per cent of children have experienced reduced levels of concentration as a result of smartphone use, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated that the Ministry does not have any specific information on Internet addiction in children, but cited data from a study conducted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on “Effects (Physical, Behavioral, and Psycho-Social) of Using Mobile Phones and Other Devices with Internet Access by Children.”
“As per the study, 23.80 per cent of children use smart phones while they are in bed, before going to sleep which increase with age and 37.15 percent of children, always or frequently, experience reduced levels of concentration due to smart phone use,” Chandrasekhar said.
He was responding to a question about the rise in cell phone usage among children during the pandemic, which resulted in internet addiction, as well as other details.