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Digital literacy and safety programs for the youngest

State Secretary at the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Tatjana Matić, announced that the Ministry will implement the fourth in-line IT caravan, a school campaign for the smart and safe use of new technologies, from April 16 to May 22.

She stated that this year 25 schools, or about 2000 pupils, from Niš, Novi Pazar, Cacak, Zrenjanin and Belgrade were involved, and the concept of the program is a competition for the students from the knowledge of digital technologies and digital security.

At a press conference at the UNS Press Center, she pointed to the importance of encouraging children and young people to use digital learning and creative expression technologies, as well as the necessity of prevention and education to enhance their online protection.

"Research shows that almost all young people have social networking accounts, and that half of them have more than 500 online" friends ". It shows how important it is for them to be present and popular on the web, and we want to show them that this is possible with affirmative, positive and safe behavior on the Internet, "state secretary slogan of this year's IT caravan" Faca Internet "explained.

She reminded that the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications is implementing the capital project "Related Schools" within which a local computer network will be provided for all 1700 school facilities in Serbia, which will enable the modernization of the teaching process, and that the completion of the first phase for 500 school scheduled for September this year.

On this occasion, a media campaign for the safety of children on the Internet "Your Internet Number - 19833" was presented, which promotes the protection of children online and the National Contact Center for Children's Safety on the Internet, and will also accompany the IT wagon 04.

Brankica Sebastijanović, an actress and school camp driver, caravan 2018 and 2019, Nevena Mladenović Blagojević, editor of the RTS School Program, Milan Inić Jaserštajn, internet influencer and Irina Arsenijević, spoke about the need for raising digital literacy and digital security. music artist and influencer, both participants in the media campaign for the safety of children on the Internet, as well as students, promoters of promotional videos Una Cvejić and Mateja Đorđević.

Marta Avramović, a student of software engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Belgrade, who will be a special guest at the International ICT Girls Day, announced the event that will be held on April 25, organized by the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications.

11 April 2019 3538 views