KUALA TERENGGANU, Terengganu - Terengganu's
free e-Book scheme for primary students has succeeded in getting kids
clamouring for information from the Internet, but the state is not amused as
some inquisitive minds have wandered to forbidden sites.
"There were cases where students
downloaded games which contained pornographic material and shared them with
friends," State Education and Higher Education Committee chairman Razif
Abdul Rahman said, adding that sharing songs was also a norm among students.
He said a few cases of such abuses have been
detected since the scheme was introduced in 2007, adding that the young
students were influenced by their older siblings to download the games.
Razif said the state government, through the
state Education Department, will take stern action against students caught
downloading games.
"We will seize the e-Books to serve as a
lesson to the others," he said.
He said they had developed programs to prevent
students from abusing the devices.
The state government claimed the scheme had
led to 15.6 per cent of Year 6 students in Terengganu scoring straight As in
the UPSR.
The state government spent close to RM100
million (S$40.9 million) to distribute 92,224 e-Books to primary schools
statewide since 2007.
"Students are excited to attend classes
because they know they will be using the e-Books to study," said Razif.
The Star/Asia News Network
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