Teaching Analog Skills in a Digital World As we have progressed to a digital society, fewer and fewer learners and even instructors know how to use analog tools.

Some schools in the United Kingdom are ditching analog clocks because students reportedly can’t tell time.

Schools in the United Kingdom are beginning to remove analog clocks from the classroom — because students are complaining that they can’t read them, reports say.

The controversial idea of removing analog timepieces has stirred up a lot of emotion from people online, and some are comparing it to the increasing loss of teaching cursive in schools.

Some schools in the UK have installed digital clocks instead of the traditional analogue device for a worrying reason. Picture: Stock image.