Online safety should be taught in schools | Online Safety - Echo Live

More emphasis should be placed on teaching online safety in our schools, so says 

Clíodhna Purdue, 

Barnardos Online Safety Programme Executive, following recent research.

The internet is for everyone and although it is a fantastic resource, it isn’t designed for children, so says Cliodhna Purdue of Barnardos.
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A TOTAL of 97% of parents and 93% of teachers think online safety should be a core part of the primary school curriculum, with over 50% of parents saying online safety should be taught to children as young as five. 

Barnardos believe in early intervention and as such, we wholeheartedly agree with the parents and teachers who recently answered our Online Safety survey...

The internet is for everyone and although it is a fantastic resource, it isn’t designed for children. Young people need to learn the skills to be safe and resilient online. They need to understand how the internet works, to gain digital media literacy skills and to learn how to think critically about the information and people they meet online. Most of all, they need to learn to reflect on their own behaviour online, to ‘think before they post’, to have empathy for others and to make good choices.

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Source: Echo Live