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  The federal government is leaning on the nation's schools to impose an immediate ban on school students using mobile phones in classrooms.
  Mr Tehan welcomed Victoria's decision to introduce a phone ban in state schools from next year, but he encouraged other states and territories to act now.
  "What we're seeing is clear feedback that these bans work. I think it is so important that we need to see leadership from government. I would like to see other states and territories follow Victoria's lead on this," He said.
  "What the Commonwealth wants to do is provide the leadership and assistance to state and territories to make the right decision in this regard," he said
  Australia's controversial NAPLAN school testing system was also discussed at Friday's meeting. Mr Tehan said he wasn't impressed by the NSW and Queensland governments' stance on the issue, arguing the states should concentrate on improving outcomes.
  "We've sadly seen a flatlining in the improvement of the performance of students, so rather than blaming NAPLAN for that, what we need to be doing is addressing what is going wrong."
  "That school authorities with a combined responsibility for more than three quarters of all students in Australia acknowledge the problem with NAPLAN, when Mr Tehan does not, is a source of embarrassment for the Morrison government," union president Correna Haythorpe said in a statement.
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