Centre to introduce cyber safety measures in school syllabus; to increase cyber-security awareness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme aired on August 30, emphasised the need to avail the right kind of toys for children and using them as a learning resource.

The Central government has decided to start with cybersecurity awareness from the school level by introducing cyber safety measures in the syllabus. The government also aims to progressively include offensive and defensive aspects of the same at IITs/Higher Education level.

All the higher educational institutions have been instructed in this regard to take appropriate action to implement cybersecurity awareness plans. “HEls may further encourage, promote and facilitate the academic fraternity to work on cyber-security start-ups and conduct of hackathons. This may also be brought to the notice of colleges affiliated to your university,” the notice read.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme aired on August 30, emphasised the need to avail the right kind of toys for children and using them as a learning resource. This called for strengthening the domestic design and manufacturing base of toys in the country.

“National Education Policy 2020 envisages the integration of toys and education to promote happy learning and enhance the learning outcomes of the students,” the notification said.

Currently, the Ministry of Education is planning to organise a ‘Toy Hackathon’ in order to conceptualise and create prototypes of toys that are economical, affordable, environmentally safe, with exceptional high quality and at the same time impart desired education.

The Vice-Chancellors of all the Universities and Principals of the Colleges have been asked to collect the details of faculty and students of the respective Institutions who have either published or undertaken research projects related to the play integrated learning. The outcomes of this research work may be incorporated in the implementation plan of NEP 2020.

"All HEls are further requested to encourage, promote and facilitate the academic fraternity to undertake research in toy-based learning. HEls may share the completed research projects and publications along with the details of researchers/contributors on UGC’s University Activity Monitoring portal (UAMP) by December,” the notice read.

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