Pictures showing students and parents standing in a circle during the destruction were posted by a netizen named "Yuanyejia there."
(ECNS) -- A high school in Central China's Henan province smashed dozens of its students' mobile phones last Sunday, a Henan-based website reported Wednesday.
Posting on Sina Weibo, a netizen named "Yuanyejia there" questioned whether the Yingchi High School in west Henan has the right to smash students' phones. Pictures showing students and parents standing in a circle during the destruction were also posted, which caused much discussion among netizens, according to dahe.cn.
A student surnamed Zhao said that students are not allowed to bring mobile phones, MP3 players and other electronic devices to school. But before a recent monthly exam, many phones were found by detectors, and then confiscated, he said.
On Sunday morning, the school asked the guilty students to smash their mobile phones, and some teachers participated, Zhao said, adding that an iPhone was included.
During random interviews with students, most respondents said breaking the phones was extreme and unacceptable.
The school said the "no mobile phones at school" rule has been well documented and that parents had agreed to it. "It may be radical, but our intension is to teach students to be honest."
