BENGALURU: With the tech-city reporting a spike within the variety of college students falling prey to cyber frauds, the division of IT, BT has collaborated with Meta to empower 10 lakh college students with digital security data and augmented actuality/digital actuality (AR-VR) expertise by 2025. Not simply college students, round one lakh lecturers from throughout the state too might be educated underneath the ‘Digital Nagarik and AR-VR Expertise Programme’, that was rolled out on Thursday. “This would be the first time within the nation that such a programme has been launched,” mentioned IT, BT minister Priyank Kharge.
Crime knowledge collated by the police states that over 9k cyber crimes get registered every year in Bengaluru and round Rs 1 crore is misplaced to cyber fraudsters on a regular basis. Ignorance about cyber frauds is alleged to be a serious motive for rise in cyber crimes and even college students are victims of cyber bullying, morphing and gaming-related frauds. Although a stage had been set in November 2023 with IT, BT minister Priyank Kharge signing a letter of intent with Meta for a two 12 months collaboration for digital schooling and on-line person security of the scholars, a primary state in India to take action, the programme was formally launched on Thursday. Over 10 lakh college students between the age group of 18 and 24 from completely different faculties and PU schools throughout the state will obtain digital consciousness coaching. Apart from, the Meta can even prepare and deploy grasp trainers throughout these faculties and PU schools universities who in flip will prepare the scholars in digital security data and AR-VR expertise. Additional, the initiative can even cowl 100 schools, universities throughout Karnataka whereby college students themselves would be the grasp trainers and promote peer studying.
In accordance with Kharge, the primary part of the programme would give attention to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalburgi, Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada, the remaining districts might be lined over the following part. “This initiative would assist us march in the direction of a Cyber Secure Karnataka. The Digital Nagrik Marketing campaign is aimed toward fortifying the minds of our younger with the data and instruments essential to navigate the complexities of the cyber world.” The minister additional mentioned, “The Authorities of Karnataka acknowledges the pressing want to handle cybersecurity on the grassroots stage. We’re dedicated to empowering our college students with the schooling they should shield themselves from the ever-evolving threats that lurk within the cyber panorama. This marketing campaign isn’t just about educating our kids find out how to create robust passwords or find out how to acknowledge phishing scams – it’s about instilling a mindset of vigilance and duty that can stick with them for all times.”
The coaching module, underneath the programme, contains workshops, seminars and hands-on actions to interact college students of all ages, other than classes taught within the classroom. These workshops might be carried out in each Kannada and English to make it accessible to all sections of the society together with rural and concrete landscapes. “The initiative will finally equip and educate professionals spanning throughout Karnataka with important digital expertise to be protected whereas shopping on-line and higher, well-informed residents of the nation whereas additionally aiding them professionally.
Throughout the launch of the programme, as many as 500 individuals from numerous districts together with the nodal officers from the Departments of Faculty Schooling, PU Board, Greater Schooling, and lecturers from authorities faculties who will function grasp trainers for the programme took half nearly. Submit the launch of the programme, an interactive coaching session was held for the important thing officers from the Nodal departments protecting subjects equivalent to alternatives within the digital age, together with AI, AR & VR, and on-line security (together with deep fakes & misinformation within the Digital Age).
Crime knowledge collated by the police states that over 9k cyber crimes get registered every year in Bengaluru and round Rs 1 crore is misplaced to cyber fraudsters on a regular basis. Ignorance about cyber frauds is alleged to be a serious motive for rise in cyber crimes and even college students are victims of cyber bullying, morphing and gaming-related frauds. Although a stage had been set in November 2023 with IT, BT minister Priyank Kharge signing a letter of intent with Meta for a two 12 months collaboration for digital schooling and on-line person security of the scholars, a primary state in India to take action, the programme was formally launched on Thursday. Over 10 lakh college students between the age group of 18 and 24 from completely different faculties and PU schools throughout the state will obtain digital consciousness coaching. Apart from, the Meta can even prepare and deploy grasp trainers throughout these faculties and PU schools universities who in flip will prepare the scholars in digital security data and AR-VR expertise. Additional, the initiative can even cowl 100 schools, universities throughout Karnataka whereby college students themselves would be the grasp trainers and promote peer studying.
In accordance with Kharge, the primary part of the programme would give attention to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalburgi, Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada, the remaining districts might be lined over the following part. “This initiative would assist us march in the direction of a Cyber Secure Karnataka. The Digital Nagrik Marketing campaign is aimed toward fortifying the minds of our younger with the data and instruments essential to navigate the complexities of the cyber world.” The minister additional mentioned, “The Authorities of Karnataka acknowledges the pressing want to handle cybersecurity on the grassroots stage. We’re dedicated to empowering our college students with the schooling they should shield themselves from the ever-evolving threats that lurk within the cyber panorama. This marketing campaign isn’t just about educating our kids find out how to create robust passwords or find out how to acknowledge phishing scams – it’s about instilling a mindset of vigilance and duty that can stick with them for all times.”
The coaching module, underneath the programme, contains workshops, seminars and hands-on actions to interact college students of all ages, other than classes taught within the classroom. These workshops might be carried out in each Kannada and English to make it accessible to all sections of the society together with rural and concrete landscapes. “The initiative will finally equip and educate professionals spanning throughout Karnataka with important digital expertise to be protected whereas shopping on-line and higher, well-informed residents of the nation whereas additionally aiding them professionally.
Throughout the launch of the programme, as many as 500 individuals from numerous districts together with the nodal officers from the Departments of Faculty Schooling, PU Board, Greater Schooling, and lecturers from authorities faculties who will function grasp trainers for the programme took half nearly. Submit the launch of the programme, an interactive coaching session was held for the important thing officers from the Nodal departments protecting subjects equivalent to alternatives within the digital age, together with AI, AR & VR, and on-line security (together with deep fakes & misinformation within the Digital Age).
