‘Adolescents use smartphones more for social media than educational activities’

BHUBANESWAR: Access to smartphones among adolescents aged 14-16 is very high in Odisha but a larger chunk of these youngsters use the device for social media – expectedly so – than for educational activities.

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)-2024, conducted by Pratham Foundation, reveals that about 80.9 per cent of teenagers know how to use a smartphone but only 61.7 pc use the device to engage in an educational activity, while 77.6 pc used it for social media.