Children’s Internet will be launched soon – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr reporter, Isa Zarepour, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said at the 36th meeting of education managers and heads of the country: There was a time when no one thought they could order a car with a mobile phone and millions of people could order a car through this method. give Fortunately, the generation that you raised was able to satisfy us in many fields. While the world was taken over by American platforms; With the help of similar Iranian cases, we do not need these platforms.
Zarepour added: “In some cases, such as social networks, we gave up the space of competition, but we hope to regain this space with the help of these young people.”
Referring to the Shad network, he said: “If it wasn’t for the Shad network, the country’s education system would probably face problems during the Corona era, but the Ministry of Communications paid its religion to education.” Although I personally have criticisms of the Shad network, I think that the establishment of the Shad network was an important and good step to establish educational justice; The access to the Shad network has been the same from deprived areas to privileged areas.
The Minister of Communications added: Almost 87 percent of villages with more than 20 households are connected to the Internet, and we hope that this number will reach 95 percent by the end of the government week. This space is at the service of you, dear teachers, so that we can establish educational justice in all parts of the country.
Zarepour stated: Connecting schools to the Internet with the help of optical fiber is one of our plans so that this infrastructure is available to schools. According to the sixth development plan, we had followed the connection of all schools to the national communication network; About 80,000 schools are connected to the national communication network, and God willing, we will connect schools through fiber.
Regarding cyberspace literacy and dealing with its harms, he said: In all countries, policies and measures have been implemented to control cyberspace, but in our country, the space has become so poisoned that whenever a person wants to take action in this field, he will face all kinds of attacks. became. The best place to teach children how to use the learning space is at school. We are launching a children’s internet service and families can request this service during which their child can only access a white list and a certain number of sites designated by the parents. This action is in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and will be unveiled soon.