Write a short newspaper article on the growing impact of mobile phone on students and their study

GROWING IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES ON STUDENTS AND THEIR STUDY.

With the advance in technology and mobile telecommunications, there have been an increase in the speed at which data and information are obtained and there has also been the globalization of everyone that's digitally connected through the means of social media. Mobile phones are the conduit through which this technology is mostly used and a lot of teenagers and adults own mobile phones and use them.

This has helped students easily do their homework, connect with friends and family all over the world with just a single click, and create new things.

However, there have been a downside to this. Students no longer see the need to go outside and communicate with each other as they did before with the advent of social media. There has been an increase in phone addiction, to the detriment of important school activities.

Moreso, students have been known to make use of mobile phones during examinations to cheat on tests and examinations.

Nonetheless, the mobile phone and technology have been a massive help in connecting the world globally, and getting new information at the speed of lightening.