Affected target group/stakeholders: primary and secondary school students in Singapore
Agents of change/stakeholders: Educators, Teachers, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social and Family development
Solution 1: MOE increasing efforts to encourage schools to teacher cyber wellness. Include cyber wellness lessons into the school curriculum.
Evaluation 1: This would be an effective as incorporating cyber wellness into the curriculum ensures that all students are taught how to use the internet wisely. Furthermore, students often respect what teachers have to say, and they are in an environment that makes learning conducive.
Solution 2: For social service sectors to reach out to youths
Implication/Conclusion: Non-profit organisations such as Touch community has services such as 'Crush' a cyber wellness programme, this would go hand in hand with the curriculum that MOE has planned for the schools. Such organisations can use fun ways to engage students and teach them about cyber wellness and MOE should tie up with such organisation to enhance and reinforce the importance of cyber wellness.
Thesis: The ease of access to social media sites have resulted in an increase in cyber bullying cases among youths in Singapore. As such, educators should help to alleviate the situation by educating youths on the appropriate behavior on social media.
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