Its overuse Internet from children now it is visible to the naked eye. This is the most common problem faced teachers for his students, and the pandemic has contributed to its intensity. Of course, the Internet poses a danger to minors who do not have the necessary assistance. Teachers find it difficult to deal with difficult situations involving students, such as sexual harassment/seduction or violence online, over-employment And cyberbullying. Parents also perceive the Internet as something alien and therefore do not know how to help their children cope with the dangers of the Internet, and most parents are not able to set the boundaries of children’s safety. use of mobile phones and tablets and, consequently, the Internet. Children, lost in the world of the Internet, have no measure, they abuse it with everything negative – both for their health and for the risks that it entails.

Of particular concern are the results of a large-scale survey in the form of an anonymous online questionnaire among 4,400 kindergarten teachers, teachers, middle and high school teachers from across the country, conducted from December 2022 to January 2023 by the Hellenic Safe Internet Center. Technology and Research Foundation in cooperation with the Panhellenic School Network of the Ministry of Education.

• A serious problem is the excessive use of the Internet by children. According to the survey, when asked what are the most common problems they face in relation to the Internet and children, 68% of teachers answered that they are too busy, 59% and 50% – lack of boundaries on the part of parents and lack of supervision on their part. , respectively. “This should worry both us and the responsible persons, but first of all the parents. Parents leave their children with little or no supervision while surfing the Internet. Our time requires children to communicate with the Internet, to acquire digital skills. But they must be creatively involved, and what we are seeing now is fruitless work, ”he stressed. talking yesterday with “K”, Mrs. Kateryna Psarudaki, executive director of the Hellenic Safe Internet Center. “We notice that there is very little parent involvement in our educational programs,” she added.

• At the same time, 65% of teachers in general education schools and 47% of primary school teachers realized that the student is facing the problem of overwork. Such as This was reported to “K” by the teachers., with the end of elementary school, and of course middle and high school, the mobile phone starts to become… a strong addiction. In fact, almost 59% of secondary school teachers say they don’t know how to manage it.

• In middle and high school, one in ten teachers (9%) realized or learned that a student had been the victim of online harassment/harassment. At the same time, 6% know that the student has been a victim of online abuse, i.e. was depicted in images or videos with sexual content.

• The corresponding percentage in primary education is 2% for online harassment/seduction and 0.5% for online abuse.

• 44% of teachers in general education schools and 23% of primary school teachers say that they have become aware that a student communicates to a greater or lesser extent with strangers on the Internet.

• 26% of secondary school teachers and 9% of primary school teachers say they have become aware of incidents of online bullying. At both educational levels, the majority (69%) were informed about the incident by the student himself, while 13% were informed by another student.

• However, it is very disturbing that more than half of teachers at both levels of education (57% in the general population, 54% in elementary and 60% in secondary school) say they do not know how to deal with situations of online sexual seduction. / abuse against their students.

• 42% of teachers (39% in primary school and 45% in secondary school) say they do not know how to deal with cyberbullying situations, with the majority teaching in secondary school (49%).

Eight out of ten teachers (79%) use the Internet in the teaching process either daily or several times a week, and only 2% do not use it at all for the course needs. However, as Hellenic Safe Internet Center executives who released the study yesterday on Safe Internet Day point out, teachers need support, more information and training as technology advances rapidly and their role is a catalyst in teaching kids how to use it properly. Internet.

Numbers

65% teachers of general education schools and 47% of primary school teachers identified students who faced the problem of excessive use of the Internet.

9% teachers realized that the student was the victim of online harassment/seduction.

6% teachers learned that the student was the victim of online sexual assault (i.e., was depicted in images or videos of a sexual nature).

43% teachers have noticed that the student communicates with strangers on the Internet.

26% teachers faced a cyberbullying incident at school.