University tackles digital distraction with phone check-in system

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A university in Northwest China's Gansu Province is asking students and teachers to "pocket" their phones at the door.

Large curtains with numbered cloth pockets hang near the entrances of classrooms at Lanzhou Jiaotong University in a bid to keep students' eyes off their phones and on the day's material.

Students and teachers are expected to place them inside an assigned pocket before class begins.

Piloted in March 2017, the idea has since been adopted at six different buildings on the university campus.

Gong Li, an official with the school's students' office says the system has helped students cut down on playing with phones during class.

Gong hopes the system will help students develop better concentration skills.  

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(News source: Global Times)