1.2 million children and adolescents of the country will be trained to stay safe online, under a project titled “Strengthening and Scaling Child Online Protection in Bangladesh”. Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF on Thursday signed a partnership agreement among themselves to create awareness among 1.2 million children and adolescents by 2021.
The agreement was signed at a ceremony at InterContinental Dhaka where UNICEF Bangladesh deputy representative Dara Johnston, Grameenphone chief corporate affairs officer Ole Bjorn Sjulstad and Telenor Group vice-president (sustainability Asia) Manisha Dogra, among others, were present.
The project titled ‘Strengthening and Scaling Child Online Protection in Bangladesh’ would also aware parents as around 48 percent parents do not think that they would be capable enough to keep their children safe online.
UNICEF works to ensure that every child in Bangladesh is protected and free from all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse.
The project will also reach 20 million people through an integrated communications campaign which supports awareness of child online protection and will engage at least 50,000 people in taking supportive action. The project will convene policy stakeholders to agree on a plan to mainstream awareness on child online protection in Bangladesh.
The programme has already completed its nationwide outreach for more than 4,00,000 students, aged between 11 to 16 years, and over 70,000 teachers, parents and guardians.
The programme was designed to build better understanding, awareness and sensitivity around the safety measure that both students and guardians can adopt to ensure a positive digital learning experience.
