Cyber Safety Protocol for the students in Kerala Schools

Cyber Safety Protocol for the students in Kerala Schools

On Sunday, a cyber safety protocol for the students with detail guidelines was published by the state-run Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE). The protocol was based on the recommendations of the Committee on the Welfare of Women, Transgenders, Children and Differently Abled under the state legislative Assembly and carries instructions for the institution heads, teachers, parents and students. According to the guidelines, secure password protections should be ensured at the institution along with the safe search practices on the internet. Faculties and students must be given access to the internet however; students’ access to the internet must be under the supervision of a teacher. Classrooms should have labels which must read secure browsing practices on the internet. Also, it is mandatory to conduct a cyber safety audit in the schools at least twice a year. K. Anvar Sadath, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of KITE, said “teachers have been instructed to browse and download ICT contents for their classes well in advance in order to avoid searching them online in classrooms in the presence of students, where there is a possibility of inappropriate content showing up in the search. Whenever Internet based learning projects are assigned to students, teachers have to pre-check the website and only the secure portals have to be advised. Internet usage in schools has to be strictly restricted for learning activities, official purposes and other learning/teaching related activities”. The guidelines list 11 safety measures which every student must follow strictly in order to keep him/herself safe online. Some of them are: No downloading from untrusted websitesMobile phones and laptops should not be handed over to the strangersNo sharing of personal information through social media services. "The protocol also demands the parents to alert the concerned officers if they feel that their child has become a victim of cybercrime," added Mr Sadath.

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