This document compares the differences between Pawar Public School in India and Pontes School in Europe in their policies around student use of mobile phones and social media. At Pontes School, students are allowed to bring mobile phones and use social media for longer periods with fewer restrictions, while Pawar Public School has stricter rules and parental supervision of social media use. The document also examines adults' views, with most parents and teachers at Pawar Public School thinking mobile devices and social media should be restricted in schools, unlike at Pontes School. Both students and adults are heavy users of social media and digital communication worldwide.

1. PAWAR PUBLIC
SCHOOL- INDIA
PONTES
SCHOOL-
EUROPE

2. COMPARISON
DIFFERENCES(teenagers):
 PONTES:- THE CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO BRING MOBILE
PHONES AND USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN SCHOOLS.
 PPS:-HERE THERE ARE STRICT RULES IF THE CHILD BRINGS
HIS/HER MOBILE PHONE
 PONTES:-THE CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE SOCIAL
MEDIA AND MOBILE PHONES FOR A LONGER TIME AND
WHENEVER THEY WANT.
 PPS:-THE CHILDREN ARE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THEIR
PARENTS AND HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO THE USE
OF SOCIALMEDIA.

3. HOW MUCH DO YOU SOCIALIZE
PER DAY??(FOR TEENAGERS)
3-4 HRS
2-3 HRS
1-2 HRS

4. DIFFERENCES(adults):
 PPS:-MOST OF THEM THINK MOBILE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL
WHILE SOME THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED
ONLY FOR STUDY PURPOSES.
 PONTES:-ALMOST ALL OF THEM THINK THAT IT CAN
BE ALLOWED AND THEY DO NOT FIND ANY
DISADVANTAGE OF IT.
 PPS:-THEY HAVE A DAILY CHECK ON WHAT THEIR
CHILDREN SOCIALIZE.
 PONTES:-THEY DO NOT INTERFERE IN THE CHATS OF
THEIR CHILDREN.

5. IS SOCIALIZING AT THE COST OF
FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS??(FOR
ADULTS)
NO
YES

6. • WE OBSERVED THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD ARE VERY MUCH USED TO
SOCIAL AND DIGITAL LIFE. NEARLY ALL OF
THEM USE WHATSAPP,G-MAIL AND
FACEBOOK.
• ALMOST EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS AND RELATIVE
PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN BY THE
PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN.

7. REFLECTIONS
• STUDYING THIS WE CAN STATE THAT TODAY FOR THIS AND
UPCOMING GENERATIONS SOCIALIZING IS A VERY
IMPORTANT PRACTISE AND A BIG NEED AS THIS JOINS THE
PEOPLE AND HELPS THEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR
DEAR ONES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
• PEOPLE INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND MAINTAIN A
GOOD PUBLIC IDENTITY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPOSURE TO
SOCIALIZING SITES.
• IT IS AN EXTREMELY GOOD WAY OF LEARNING AND BEING
UPDATED.IT IS A GOOD WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE.