1 crore 20 lakh children and adolescents are at risk of internet

Like all over the world,
schools and colleges in Bangladesh have been declared closed from March 16 to
March 31. About 25 million children and adolescents (play to class 10) are
under house arrest in the country. As the government conducts online-based classes
in schools and colleges, children between the ages of 4 and 14 are forced to
use the internet. At the same time, the Bangladesh Mobile Phone Subscribers
Association has raised questions about the security of the internet being
handed over to tender-hearted children and teenagers even if they are kept at
home.
Mohiuddin Ahmed,
president of the organization, urged parents to be vigilant in this regard,
saying the medium is not yet suitable for children and adolescents to use. For
this reason, on May 8, the United Nations, the International Telecommunication
Union (IEU), warned young children against using the Internet. They say that
about 1.5 billion schools and colleges in the world are closed. They are using
the internet to study, play sports, watch video games. By doing so, they are
going to fall into cyber risk. Due to the lack of internet and devices in
Bangladesh, even if 50 per cent are out of the internet, the adverse effects of
the internet on about 12 million children will still fall on them. At the same
time, the issue of excessive use of internet addiction cannot be ruled out.
"We are not aware
of any initiative taken by the Ministry of Telecommunications to ensure the
safety of children in using the Internet and no policy has been formulated in
this regard," he added. The IEU is already going to make some
recommendations. We all know what we want to know about the internet as well as
unwanted things. As a result, tender-hearted children know what they need to
know at an early age before developing their talents. At the same time, they
could put themselves and their families at cyber risk.