Schools believe portable gaming aids education. Pupil discovers education aids portable gaming

A survey conducted by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) of over 400 primary schools has concluded that portable games consoles such as the Nintendo DS could help a child’s education.

While the internet was considered the most useful piece of technology a child should have access to, mobile phones were more divisive, with 39 per cent against and 29 per cent for.

Overall, though, teachers were happier with pupils carrying a portable games console than a mobile phone, possibly because you can’t text, chat, or cyberbully during class with Brain Training or Barbie Horse Adventures.

The results of the survey should provide some comfort to the parents of an 11-year-old Australian pupil who received a free DS from Nintendo after she wrote a letter to the company as part of a school assignment.

Her new portable games console should hopefully help with improving that ‘C’ grade she received for the letter, which looks, quite frankly, like it was written by an 11-year-old.