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To make consciousness astir cybersecurity and integer information among students, the Karnataka authorities has begun a Digital Nagarik programme successful each authorities superior and precocious schools of the State. Around 1 lakh teachers and 10 lakh students from classes 6 to 10 volition payment from the programme and volition beryllium made alert of harmless net use, cyber information rules, online etiquette, integer rights, responsibilities and information privacy.
The programme is taken up successful collaboration with the Union Ministry of Education and the societal media elephantine Meta. A palmy aviator was conducted successful Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada districts successful 2024-25.
As portion of the initiative, the Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) volition initially bid 1,00,000 teachers utilizing the DISHA portal, who volition subsequently rise consciousness among students. The grooming for teachers commenced connected November 15.
To make consciousness astir integer safety, a big of activities, including consciousness campaigns, schoolroom sessions, poster competitions, and student-led drives, person been planned arsenic portion of the Digital Nagarik programme. A Digital Nagrik Toolkit volition beryllium shared to assistance schools program initiatives that beforehand harmless and liable online behaviour. Schools are encouraged to nominate pupil leaders arsenic Digital Nagrik Ambassadors to pb these activities. Top-performing schools and Digital Nagrik Ambassadors volition beryllium recognised and featured for their outstanding contributions.
The programme comes successful the backdrop of accrued usage of smartphones and the net by children, particularly aft the pandemic, erstwhile classes were besides shifted online. “In caller years, children person been spending much clip online aft school. There seems to beryllium nary due monitoring of this. Due to this, cases of integer bullying, phishing, and morphing targeting children person besides changeable up. In this context, it is imperative to make consciousness among children astir cybersecurity and integer safety, and the Digital Nagarik programme is an inaugural successful this direction,” said Gopalakrishna H.N., Director, DSERT.
