Digital safety

Different times bring in different challenges. The world is experiencing drastic changes in lifestyle following the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the mankind to alter many things, including future education. As students and teachers across the globe warm up to the idea of online classes due to the dangers in holding physical classrooms, digital safety has become paramount for the users. The online world brings with it unique problems, including cyber bullying, virtual harassment and even inadvertent plunge into the dark web. Future courses necessitate covering of this aspect and a good start has been made by the CBSE by joining hands with Facebook to provide training on digital safety and online wellbeing. This was a much needed exercise to ride over the dangers of the digital world. A training module was imperative to take care of aspects such as safety, privacy, mental health issues and building healthy digital habits. The online part of education is here to stay. Instead of denying the reality, schools and education institutes must sensitize the students on their future needs.

Chandan Kumar Nath,

Sorbhog, Barpeta