Digital health, literacy should be taught in schools, say educators

Participants at The Hindu In School Educator’s Confluence in the city on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Digital health and digital literacy should be an important part of school curriculum while emphasis should be laid on organising classes on digital hygiene at least once a month, experts at an educators’ conclave said here on Wednesday.The confluence, titled “The New School of Thought: Rethinking Learning, Reimagining Leadership, Shaping a New Generation”, was organised by The Hindu In School in strategic partnership with Blue Scorp where the discussion flowed from the role of teachers and parents in shaping digital habits and reading patterns in the children, to the challenge faced by educators with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence.Taking questions from