Cyber Safety Protocol for students 2026
KITE has prepared and published the Cyber Safety Protocol 2026 for students in public schools in Kerala which details the guidelines for ensuring cyber safety for students in our schools. The 2026 version supersedes the first version prepared in 23.02.2019, as per the recommendations in the 6th report of the Committee for the welfare of women, children and differentially abled under the 13th Kerala State Legislative. The guidelines carry specific instructions for Head of Institutions, teachers, parents and students to create a Safe Digital Learning Environment. Some of the major highlights of the Cyber Safety Protocol 2026 include Collective Responsibility & Awareness, Legal Empowerment (IT Act (2000) and the DPDP Act (2023), Risk Identification and Prevention (Content Risk, Contact Risk & Conduct Risk), Data Privacy & AI Safety, Critical Thinking & Digital Citizenship and Digital Autonomy via Open Source. Furthermore, it has been mandated to conduct Cyber Safety Audit in schools at least twice a year. Teachers are instructed to make use of the Samagra Plus portal developed by KITE for accessing digital contents to be used in their classrooms. The internet usage in schools have to be strictly restricted for learning activities, official purposes and other learning / teaching related activities.