© business-standard.comCBSE Partners With Facebook to Launch Digital Training Programs For Teachers & Students
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday announced a partnership with Facebook to provide training on digital safety, online well being and training on augmented reality (AR) to students and teachers. The training modules are for secondary school students. The curriculum is now available on the CBSE website.
The curriculum on digital safety and online well-being cover aspects such as safety, privacy, mental health and Instagram's guide for building healthy digital habits, Facebook said in a statement. The module has been designed to guide students to become responsible digital users, identify and report threats and harassment as well as report misinformation.
At least 10,000 students will be covered in the training to be imparted by the Centre for Social Research (CSR). "I congratulate CBSE and Facebook on its partnership to introduce certified programs in augmented reality for teachers and digital safety and online-wellbeing for students," said Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.