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India’s digital infrastructure is slowly coming to life, and
there is no doubt that the country is rushing toward a digital-first economy.
And as we are inching closer to achieving the goal of a fully digital economy,
the need is to ensure citizens are both responsible as well as aware about the
threats online.
Thanks to an initiative by Google and National Council of
Educational Research (NCERT), students across the country will now learn how to
become responsible digital citizens. Google and NCERT have signed a pact to
integrate a course on ‘Digital Citizenship and Safety’ in information and
communication technology curriculum.
The integrated course will be implemented in more than 1.4
million schools across the country from next academic session in April 2018.
Under this curriculum, the students (from Class I – Class XII) will be taught
how to remain safe on the internet. The schools will also implement structured
classroom modules to teach the students about social, ethical and legal aspects
of internet safety.
The curriculum is designed keeping four themes in mind:
Being Smart
Being Safe
Being a Digital Citizen
Being Future Ready
Union School Education Secretary Anil Swarup said, “Internet
can be used phenomenally in helping us, it has a potential of damaging the
social structure and damaging an individual. It is extremely important for us
to understand how can we keep ourselves safe.” He also said that the safety
awareness programme with Google could be scaled by training teachers on the
latest development on the internet space.
Talking to DNA during the official announcement, Sunita
Mohanty, Director, Trust, and Safety, Google India said, “The curriculum is
structured to match the intellectual and curiosity needs of the different age
group of the children. For example, in lower classes, students will focus on
engaging with technology and learning the use of basic digital tools. In middle
classes, students will be introduced to basics of the internet, concepts of
account safety and distinguishing good content from bad.” She also noted that
Google will not charge anything for the training.
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