DSEJ holding Parent -Teacher Meet as part of cyber security fortnight campaign

Jammu: Directorate of school education Jammu, is going to organise a Parent -Teacher Meet (PTM) on January 28, 2021 in all schools of Jammu Division as part of the ongoing fortnight long campaign on cyber security being conducted through its Counselling cell.
The campaign was started on January 15, 2021 and it would continue till January 31, 2021.Services of faculty counsellors and psychological task force will be utilized to sensitize the students, teachers and other stakeholders on cyber security.
As per the Counselling cell, the experts would hold interactions with the parents (PTMs) through online and offline with threadbare deliberations on the themes like Cyber Security, Cyber Hygiene Tips, Cyber Security Awareness for Students, Safe guards for Social networking Profiles, Cyber Grooming, Cyber bullying, e-mail frauds, Dos and Don’ts to combat online threats etc. besides discussing academic issues.
“Campaigns on cyber security will be made sustainable by including it in counselling calendar of DSEJ” said Romesh Kumar Head counselling Cell adding that counselling teams at all levels will be involved to make this campaign successful.
As part of the campaign, a webinar on the theme “Cyber hygiene” was organized in which Yasin Kichloo, SSP security civil secretariat Jammu and Er. Vikas Razdan a cyber- expert, were the key resource persons. The webinar benefitted at least 10,000 stakeholders by providing them handy tips on cyber security.
Counselling Cell DSEJ has recommended booklets entitled ‘Cyber Hygiene Booklet by DGsP/ IGsP conference 2020, Cyber Safety and Security Guidelines for Schools by Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, ‘A handbook for Adolescents/ Students on Cyber Security’ by ministry of home affairs, Govt. of India which are also available online.