Turkcell Announces Partnership with DQ Institute and Turkish Ministry of Education to Improve Children’s Digital Literacy
05 April 2018 - 2:08AM
Business Wire
Digital operator Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL), DQ Institute
and Turkish Ministry of Education announced that they are joining
forces to improve children’s digital literacy in Turkey. As a first
step of the collaboration, DQ World content will be made available
in Turkish language to Turkish children as of September 2018, at
the beginning of the new academic year.
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Turkcell, DQ Institute and Turkish
Ministry of Education announced that they are joining forces to
improve children’s digital literacy in Turkey. (Photo: Business
Wire)
DQ World project entails digital awareness training of children
aged 8-12. Through self-directed e-learning, children are taught to
make the best use of their digital experience while protecting
themselves from exposure to harmful content and other
vulnerabilities. The programme teaches the 8 core digital
citizenship skills: Digital Citizen Identity, Screen Time
Management, Cyberbullying Management, Cyber Security Management,
Privacy Management, Critical Thinking, Digital Footprints, Digital
Empathy.
Announcing the partnership at Turkcell’s Technology Summit held
in Istanbul, Turkcell CEO Kaan Terzioglu, underlined the
operator’s commitment to using technology for humanitarian
purposes:
“At Turkcell, we are well aware of the fact that digital is
everywhere – we are thrilled about the opportunities that this
presents but we are also aware of the fear that this transformation
induces on the society. We are committed to putting the human
element at the center of our technology, and improving the digital
literacy of our children is a crucial dimension of this. We need to
make sure that they build a healthy foundation for their digital
experience. Our partnership with the DQ Institute will help us make
research-based, internationally-endorsed premium content available
to our children and their families, helping us build those healthy
foundations.”
Dr. Yuhyun Park, the Founder and the CEO of the DQ
Institute noted:
“Beyond IQ and EQ, we believe DQ (digital intelligence)
represents the core digital skills that all children must have to
thrive in the digital economy. The digital citizenship is the
fundamental skills of DQ for our children to mitigate cyber-risks
and maximize the opportunity of technology. #DQEveryChild™ is a
strategic global movement to empower 8-12 year olds with
comprehensive digital citizenship skills from the start of their
digital lives – for instance, before they start actively engaging
in social media or owing their mobile phone. We are privileged to
work with Turkcell and Turkish Ministry of Education to empower
Turkish children to truly become successful, responsible and
ethical digital citizens of tomorrow.”
Dr. Mustafa Hilmi Colakoglu, the Deputy Undersecretary for
Information Technologies and Strategy at the Turkish Ministry of
Education said:
“As educators, we are bringing up the generation who will lead
the world in 2050. I believe its a milestone for the World so we
should do our best for the children. In last 50 years, we have
solved the former problems of the world together. We have to do it
for the future as well. Because future does not consist of only
opportunities. New threats have appeared for our kids, like climate
change, obesity, new kind of diseases, child labour, drugs,
cyber-bullying and etc. We have to prepare a safe world for them
hand in hand, patiently and in harmony. The responsibilities
towards our children can not be postponed or neglected. Therefore
we are doing a distinguished work with Turkcell and DQ Institute
today.“
Only 9% of 8-17 year olds use internet to “reach information
that is useful for the society”
Global research on children’s use of the internet does not
present a positive picture. According to UNICEF’s “Children in the
Digital World” reports (2016 – 2017), among the 8-17 year olds that
use the internet, only 9% access it to find information on issues
that would be of value to the society that they live in. 90% of the
same age group identify cyberbullying as the biggest problem that
they come across on the internet. 64% of their parents think that
they internet is not a safe place for their children.
According to the DQ Institute’s own research (DQ Impact Report
2018), carried out in 29 countries and covering 38 thousand
children, 56% of 8-12 year-olds are exposed to at least one cyber
risk. Over 725 million children aged from 8 to 12 will be online by
2020, and 390 million 8-12 year olds will be exposed to
cyber-risks.
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