This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Teach the fundamentals of how the digital world works in the school curriculum
The Government should introduce a program into schools that explains how the basics of the digital world work. In particular, the fundamentals of the internet and how computers operate it. This would help to educate students about how to keep their personal information protected.
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As a computing and maths A-Level student, I'm alarmed by students' lack of knowledge about how the internet and computers work. The majority of us cannot appreciate the scale of the technology used and fail to understand the logic behind the threats faced in the digital world. It is necessary to explain the processes behind regular digital activities with a simplified approach that compares scenarios in the physical world to those digitally.
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