Screen-Life-Balance campaign

At the start of the 2024/2025 school year, the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth launched the Screen-Life-Balance campaign to address the growing negative impact of screens and social media on young people’s well-being and development. 

The main objective of this campaign is to reduce screen time and encourage a healthier balance between digital and real life. In this context, new Grand-ducal Regulations have come into force to strictly limit the use of connected devices at school.

Since 22 April 2025, the use of smartphones and other connected devices has been prohibited throughout the school day in primary schools, including during breaks and extracurricular activities. However, such devices may still be used for educational purposes under a teacher’s supervision, to meet a pupil’s medical needs upon presentation of a medical certificate, or for other specific needs. Pupils must keep their devices switched off and stored away; otherwise, they will be confiscated. In cases of non-compliance, parents will be informed. 

These rules also apply in childcare centres. 

Music education for all: positive results and prospects

Since the introduction of free music education for most courses for pupils up to the age of 18, enrolment has been steadily increasing. This measure, together with a cap on fees for other courses, aims to ensure better access to music education. Between the start of the 2022/2023 school year and today, the number of pupils has risen from 19 600 to 22 000. More than 66% of pupils benefit from free tuition. 

As music education is a cornerstone of Luxembourg’s educational landscape, these measures are part of the government’s policy to promote equal opportunities. They ensure that access to music education is not a privilege for the few but a right for society as a whole, including children, young people and adults. 

With the ambitious vision and its strong commitment to music education, the Luxembourg model remains unique in Europe.

Extension of the ‘ALPHA – zesumme wuessen’ project

In July 2025, the Minister for Education, Children and Youth presented the key findings of the evaluation reports on the ‘ALPHA – zesumme wuessen’ project. Over the past three years, this project, implemented in four pilot schools, has given the parents of 144 pupils the opportunity to choose between German and French as their child’s literacy language. These schools were monitored and supported in order to identify the conditions necessary for extending the project nationwide. 

A comprehensive evaluation, based on the observations of a Scientific Council, the University of Luxembourg, regional authorities, and feedback from teachers, parents and pupils, concluded that the project fully met its objectives. All stakeholders agreed that this approach is relevant and deserves to be extended nationwide. 

On 11 July 2025, the government approved a draft law to extend the project to all primary schools in the country. From the start of the 2026/2027 school year, it will be introduced in cycle 1.2, and then gradually in the other cycles.