"students will receive, at the beginning of the semester, a keychain with bluetooth, that should load all the time (they are in the school)", informed the lycée Rocroy Saint-Vincent de Paul in a statement.
"The device will help to mark the presence of each student in the classroom, on the sports court, in the library and during school trips. It will also be useful in the simulations of emergency situations", explains the institution.
The loss of the device carries a fine of (R$ 45US$).
The measure is controversial: about 3.3 thousand people signed a petition on the internet against the new initiative, which should begin in September.
Make the call in seconds
The key chains were developed by the French startup NewSchool and will be connected to a mobile application.
The company claims that the tool allows the teachers to make the call in seconds - thanks to bluetooth, the app can check for the presence of the students very quickly.
The startup was founded in 2016 by the Philippine Dolbeau, a young man of 17 years.
The school says on its website that the goal of the initiative is to modernize and have more "safety, simplicity and effectiveness of". In addition, it is easier to warn the parents in case of absence, explains the institution.
The direction states that the key chains will not have geo-location and will have guaranteed a "high protection data", with the personal information protected and encrypted.
According to the French press, the rule was created without consultation of the parents or guardians of the students.
The startup was founded in 2016 by the Philippine Dolbeau, a young man of 17 years.
The protests
A student of the school called on Twitter for a protest against the measure, stating that the initiative is illegal.
"Is a form of tracking of students. In a school with few students, I don't see why you would need a device like this", said the teenager, named Luisa, in the social network. "Is a grey zone from legal point of view and the ethical", she said.
Your post has been shared more than 2.6 million times and received over 250 comments.
The below-signed, directed to the director of the school, states that students are not "objects belonging to the lyceum".
The petition, launched on July 20, managed to 3.3 thousand signatures before being closed.
Schools without smartphones
The plan of the lycée Rocroy Saint-Vincent de Paul comes at a time when the French government makes a campanhar to prohibit cell phones in the classroom. The idea is to improve concentration in class and help prevent cyber-bullying and child pornography.
The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, promised to prohibit the cell phones in your campaign. The measure was approved in June by Parliament and becomes effective from September, when it begins the new semester.
France was the first country in the world to ban the smartphone in schools with students less than 15 years.
According to the French government, more than 90% of adolescents between 12 and 17 years old have a mobile phone.
The new law has the goal of helping the "withdrawal" the young people of addiction on the internet. The minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, said that is "a law for the 21st century, to face the digital revolution".
"Be open to the technologies of the future does not mean we have to accept all its uses", said the minister.
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