CHENNAI: Teenagers and free laptops could be an explosive combination, fear cyber experts. Though they approve of the government's plan to provide laptops to all students, they feel students as well as their teachers should get counselling and child safety filters should be installed on the computers.
The state government will distribute laptop computers to students of classes 11 and 12 and government and aided colleges from September 15. "The scheme will improve the educational outlook of children. But the government should remember that many of them are first generation computer users. If the government does not counsel the parents, the equipment can be misused," said a senior police officer. |
