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Galicia Unveils 2030 Digital Wellbeing Plan With 24-Hour Disconnect Challenge

The five-year roadmap funds roughly 50 measures to promote healthier tech habits beyond school hours.

Overview

  • Education chief Román Rodríguez presented the strategy in Santiago, consolidating prior steps on school phone limits into a coordinated rollout through 2030.
  • A voluntary Digital Life Contract will let schools, students and families set commitments for out-of-school device use as a sensitization tool rather than a mandate.
  • Students will be invited to complete a 24-hour digital blackout and use a Conscious Mode self-assessment to track progress on responsible technology habits.
  • The plan updates curricula to build digital skills and emphasize safety, privacy, critical thinking, digital citizenship and responsible use of AI without discarding classroom technology.
  • Backed by €7.4 million, the initiative pursues agreements with tech firms to improve security, privacy and transparency and to create a Galician code of technodidactic best practices with universities and research centers.