вторник, 6 марта 2012 г.

Oz children as young as 10 view pornography on school laptops


It was found that at least five students at one country primary school were caught watching porn on the machines at home.
One angry father, who was not named, said he was shocked to walk in and see "full-on" images on the screen in his grade 5 son's bedroom, and that his son was embarrassed.
"I went into his room and I couldn't believe it. He was a bit sheepish," the Herald Sun quoted him as saying.
The father said he'd been led to believe the computer, leased from Ouyen P-12 College, had filtering software, but he found out the school filtered the net only on its wireless network.
After the man raised his concerns with the school council, a check of students' Internet browser histories revealed at least another four students had either deliberately or accidentally surfed porn websites.
Ouyen P-12 College principal Leanne Dawes said the school had technical advice that filtering software on the computers would clash with its own wireless Internet security system, blocking students' access to educational material.
She said the school held regular cyber-safety classes, and it was up to parents to monitor home Internet use.
"Parents need to realise you can put all the blocks in the world on, but it's about teaching students how to use the tool," she said.
A spokesman for the Education Department said schools used secure Internet service providers, ensuring appropriate use on school grounds.
"Parents have full authority to manage their child's Internet use outside of school. The school provided parents with information about supervised Internet use," he said.
The spokesman said parents and children also signed a user agreement, setting out the child's responsibilities for appropriate use of the computers.
Published by HT Syndication with permission from Asian News International.

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