Topic: 2026 – Digital Equity for Children
Country: Belarus
Delegate Name: Asher Sternberg
Digital safety and equity for children is one of the most important things in countries. Over ⅔ of children in the world don’t have a stable internet connection and for a post covid world there are 10 of millions of kids in the world that don’t have internet access and during Crouna virus some kids couldn’t learn in school because they had no internet for online school or could not afford a device for virtual school. Now those kids are behind in school because they could not have quality learning in the classroom. The Republic of Belarus current policy on digital equity for children is that the children can use the internet to learn and possibly have a better way of learning. The State Programme on digital development of Belarus 2021-2025 aims to use technology for education purposes to get the citizens of The Republic of Belarus ready for day to day life and ready to understand the world in a civilized way and the economy. The State Programme Education and youth policy states that the use of digital help and modern technology teaching aid into educational practice in day to day classroom activities. In conclusion these two policies help the citizens of Belarus go to school and use technology and a safe and educational way. The Republic of Belarus has many ways we keep our citizens safe online, one way we keep them safe is we have a policy called Guidelines on the Organisation of the Educational Process in Educational Institution amid the Spread of COVID-19 says that teachers in classrooms could teach the class on line if so needed detriment by the head of school whether it is online social distancing or using facial covering to slow the spread of illness. During the conference the Republic of Belarus would like to see a safe way for children to use electronic devices in day to day schooling whether it is computers, tablets or anything else.
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