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The Ministry of Education, represented by the Department of Electronic Information Security, is implementing the Electronic Security week initiative which its activities kick off today (Sunday, March 5) under the slogan “Digital Communication for Societal Success”.

On the importance of this initiative and the mechanism of its implementation in the various schools of the Sultanate of Oman, Ahmed Al Ghatrifi, Assistant Director of the Department of Electronic Information Security at the Ministry, said: “It is an embodiment of the royal directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq emphasizing the necessity of sensing the size of the responsibility that rests on society, its institutions and individuals, in dealing with and caring about building a family and raising children, benefiting from technology and digital and social communication, and not relying on social networks alone in raising children. The initiative of the Ministry of Education came to implement the Electronic Security Week during the period (5-9 March 2023) under the slogan “Digital Communication for Societal Success” where all the educational directorates in the governorates and the Directorate-General of Special Education and Continuous Learning, in light of the approved initiative document, in cooperation with the Department of Electronic Information Security in the Ministry, prepared an implementation plan and formed work teams, as well as preparing an integrated program during the initiative period for school students and children, as well as their parents and those in charge of education and raising children.”

The Electronic Security Week initiative is implemented in all governmental and private schools across the Sultanate of Oman. It targets students, children, parents, and those in charge of raising young people. The initiative aims at implanting the principles, values, and concepts of electronic security, and raising the level of electronic safety through the awareness of the aspects of safe and optimal use of social networks, while raising the readiness level of response and dealing with electronic security risks and threats. It also aims at providing the best practices to be taken and followed to achieve safe upbringing.

The Electronic Security Week Initiative includes many activities and events in schools represented in the implementation of awareness workshops for parents and those interested in student affairs, and to provide lectures during the morning queue, and the event also includes hosting specialists in the field of electronic security to participate in providing guidance in the field of parental control and dealing with aspects, risks and threats of electronic security, how to respond to it, and promoting good digital citizenship while confirming the preservation of the national identity.