Govt school students in Delhi to get lessons on responsible use of social media

The month-long sequence of on-line periods, which shall be performed for 1,040 colleges, is scheduled to start from November 23. (Pixabay/ Representational)

From how a lot info to share on-line to how to cope with cyber threats, over seven lakh students in colleges beneath the Delhi authorities, town’s cantonment board, and NDMC will quickly get lessons on the “responsible use of social media”.

The month-long sequence of on-line periods, which shall be performed for 1,040 colleges, is scheduled to start from November 23. The lessons are being performed towards the backdrop of elevated utilization of devices and publicity to social media in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“Threat through the unknown and anonymous cyber world is a harsh reality nowadays. Ease of access and unmonitored reach has exposed the children to unscrupulous elements on the net,” Deputy Director of Education Mohinder Pal mentioned.

“The series on ‘Responsible use of Social Media’ will create awareness about the various kinds of threats on the internet and also ways to secure oneself from these threats. The children will also be sensitised about responsible use of social media,” he mentioned.

Pal mentioned students may even be mentored on how to be digitally sensible.

As per the plan, a complete of 52 periods shall be held on-line for addressing 7.three lakh students from courses 9 to 12 of 13 districts (136 clusters) in Delhi.

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When a nationwide lockdown was introduced in March to comprise the unfold of the coronavirus an infection, all instructing and studying actions had to be moved on-line to keep away from disruption of studying.

The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) had in May despatched the detailed tips to colleges defining the position of lecturers in addition to dad and mom in selling the secure, authorized, and moral use of the web by students.

Allowing solely authorised individuals to entry pc labs, banning the use of USBs, blocking pop-ups and retaining a test on the looks of new and unfamiliar icons on desktop have been among the many cybersecurity and security tips issued to colleges and oldsters by the NCERT.

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