Hyderabad, Aug 2: WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), the CSR arm of WNS Today announced that Delhi Public School (DPS), Nacharam, and Mahendra Hills from Hyderabad, entered the Asia Book of Records as 7,201 students accessed the cyber safety module on WCF’s Cyber Smart portal and got certified within the span of two hours.
WCF Cyber Smart is India’s first gamified, free-for-all cybersafety education portal, supported by NASSCOM. Through the portal, students from both schools were familiarized with the perils of the dark web and equipped with knowledge on practicing cyber safe behavior.

Each student accessed an age-appropriate module on the portal which uses a combination of videos and other interactive formats to educate children. At the end of the module, students completed a quiz that checks for assimilation followed by a certificate to those who successfully completed it, a release here said.
“Our mission, through Cyber Smart portal, is to ensure that every single child in the country is empowered with the wherewithal to fight cyberbullying and other dangers lurking on the internet. It is heartening to see that the platform is being used widely across the country to meet this ambitious goal,” said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS.
The Cyber Smart portal was launched nationally in May last year by Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY and is available in ten Indian languages. Since its launch, Cyber Smart has empowered over 400,000 learners, including teachers, parents, and students, to navigate cyberspace safely.

In October last year, Atal Tinkering Lab, an initiative under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) by NITI Aayog had joined hands with WCF to take the Cyber Smart portal across 5,300 schools that are part of the ATL network and introduce students to pertinent subjects such as cybersecurity. (UNI)