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Technology is now days as important as other daily routine in life. When technology comes in existence it is used in supportive way but now, we depend on technology. Technology uses start with computer then landline after that cell phones and now smartphone. Smartphone addiction, a modern behavioral disorder, is characterized by compulsive overuse of mobile devices and measured by frequency of access or total screen time. While smartphones can enhance teaching and learning in higher education, their excessive use poses significant risks to students' mental health and academic performance. The constant urge to check devices can lead to reduced concentration, impaired memory, and diminished critical thinking skills. As smartphones become increasingly integrated into student life, educational institutions face the challenge of balancing their benefits with the need to promote healthy usage habits and protect students' well-being. Therefore, researcher want to know is pupil teacher also have smartphone addiction. If yes then how smartphone addiction effect on their meta-cognitive skill which is about their skill related to teaching. The research methodology for this study is descriptive (survey). Sampling technique simple random sampling and sample size is 400. In this study the result found that significant impact of smartphone addiction on the metacognitive skills of pupil teachers. So smartphone addiction degraded our cognition in some manner.
Singh et al. (Sat,) studied this question.