MOE's Cooperation Crucial For Safe Internet Campaign In Schools
Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said this was important as KIS educates both primary and secondary school students about internet safety, given its increasing usage today.
She said the campaign's content is tailored to suit the students' age levels — Level One for Years One to Three, and Level Two for Years Four to Six, as well as secondary schools.
'We are requesting cooperation from the MOE to allow us into schools so we can involve schools in educating students on how to stay safe online.
'For primary schools, KIS will carry out interactive activities to help them understand. They may not need too much exposure to issues like online gambling and scams, but cyberbullying is one of the key issues they might face,' she told reporters after attending the KIS programme at Sekolah Kebangsaan Pasir Puteh here today.
Teo said the KIS programme, launched on Jan 21, focuses on four areas — cyberbullying, online scams and gambling, child sexual exploitation, and data protection and digital literacy — and aims to reach over 10,000 educational institutions by the end of this year.
She said school students are also provided with information on child sexual exploitation, which is seen as one of the issues they may encounter.
A total of 344 schools nationwide are targeted to be involved in the KIS rollout from May to August this year, including 64 schools in Sabah.
'As of July 1, the programme has been implemented in 221 schools, involving 31,246 participants, comprising students, teachers and parents,' she said, adding that aside from schools, the campaign also receives support from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in developing engaging co-curricular activities.
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