WORKSHOP ON CYBERSAFETY
Chevalier T. Thomas Elizabeth
College for Women, Perambur, Chennai has organized the ‘Workshop
on Cyber Safety’ for children from Grades
2 to 6 at ‘The Shri Ram Universal School’ at SPR City on February 09, 2024.
Around 450 students benefited from this workshop.
The main motto of the
workshop is to oblige the observance of CERT-In
(CSK - Cyber Swachhta Kendra) - “Indian Computer Emergency Response Team”,
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ‘Cyber Swachhta Pakhwada'
from 1st to 15th February 2024 to create awareness regarding cyber hygiene
among citizens.
The College took up
this initiative to create awareness among the younger generation and explained
them about the addiction to gadgets & its impact on health, lack of sleep
& concentration, anxiety, hopelessness, wasting time in online games,
limitation in screen time and after effects of using gadgets, etc.,
This initiative was
greatly appreciated by the teachers and parents of the school students, as the
kids are much addicted to mobile phones nowadays.
The faculty members and students from the Department of
Computer Applications of Chevalier T. Thomas Elizabeth College for Women
conducted it as an activity based awareness workshop including a drama
narrating the health issues faced by kids on overuse of mobile phones and a
mime show depicting the online threats and cyberbullying done intentionally to
attack children emotionally.
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