By Geetanjali Deshmukh | Manager
Dear Friends,
Digital literacy is transforming the lives of our beneficiaries in a significant way. It is the third part of our trio of educational interventions for underprivileged communities - Holistic Education for children, Skill Development for women and Digital Literacy for all. Our Digital Literacy classes are benefitting hundreds of women and young girls every year. It is opening opportunities like never before and giving them a level playing field.
At IDEA's Digital Literacy classes, participants are taught basics of computers and the internet. They are given personal attention by the instructor and ample time to practise on computers. The participants learn the basic workings of computers, MS Word, Excel, Paint. They learn to surf the internet, e-mail, online banking and ticket bookings.
We felt that our Digital Literacy class has been doing very well lately and thought that we should arrange some sessions, where they can interact and learn from IT experts from the city. We approached a few and they were very enthusiastic to spend some time with the ladies. Two groups of IT experts conducted sessions at 2 of our Digital Literacy centres.
The experts began by asking some basic questions to our Digital Literacy class, to gauge their knowledge and were very impressed. They were delighted to know that those who had never touched a computer before are now paying their electricity bills online! One thing the experts felt was necessary to be taught to the group - CYBER SECURITY.
Breach of Data Privacy is one of the biggest threats in the digital world. The IT experts explained the importance of securing one's identity and data in the virtual world. They explained the importance of Anti-virus in protecting the computers from virtual attacks. They helped them to create secure passwords for their e-mail and banking accounts and showed them how they can detect secured and not-secured websites.
The class was happy that they got to attend such a useful session. Cyber security is an important safeguard in protecting one's personal and confidential information and since this lesson has come from the IT experts themselves, it will be remembered and followed by the class.
Friends, many girls from underprivileged areas are still E-illiterate, Please donate to this project, so that they too can start their digital journey!
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