Relevance to Theme: This session would provide an overview of multiple educational systems, emphasizing on digital literacy and the inclusion of Internet Governance in national curriculum and early childhood education.
The session aim to focus on current academic and policy debates, over the inclusion of Internet Governance in the primary and secondary schools.
The session will also discuss the inclusion of Internet Governance in digital literacy and digital competence from educational perspective.
Relevance to Internet Governance: Learning has become a lifelong learning enterprise.Moreover, information communication technologies enabled learning spaces constitute intergenerational learning as a lifelong activity.
The session aims to discuss proposals based on the themes for education and Internet Governance, with this, the main focus of the discussion would be central towards the role of government, civil society, education sector, the young generation and their roles in building Internet Governance debates on national and international level. In adittion, the session will present different aspects of future challenges in Internet Governance, that have resulted due to the involvement of multiple stakeholder groups on the Internet.
The digital technologies along with the free navigation of Internet, affect the learning at all ages. In particular, the preparation and continuos professional development of young digital natives is essential, to make them to contribute to the evolving Internet Governance debates and thus, improve the quality of their life for progress and success.
Our goal is establishing that the future will not be done without Internet, so we must prepare primary and secondary school students who will be potential leaders of tomorrow to know how to enjoy the benefits of the Internet in their daily lives and understand the topics related to Internet Governance and add their voices at any stakeholder. We must be aware of the challenges of the digital world in our century, and school is one of the most influential ways to transfer notions of leadership in governance for an Internet where everyone will be confident, proud and safe.