ANTIC Strengthens Capacities Of Teachers To Guard Against Cybercrime
By Raymond Dingana The National Agency for Information and Communication Technology known in its French accronym as ANTIC has stepped in to build a solid wall against cybercriminality especially in the school melliue in the North West Region of Cameroon. This is through a three-day-workshop currently taking place in Bamenda, chief town of the Region to up the capacities of Lecturers and Teachers of Information and Communication Technology ICT on Cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime in both the secondary and higher institutions of learning. This is coming after it was discovered that most teachers lack basic knowledge on cyber security while some have been victims. According to the North West Regional Manager of ANTIC, Ngwang YufenyuyLandry the main target is the youths, "This seminar seeks to strengthen the capacities of lecturers and teachers to effectively teach the youths who are the main users of ICTs on the dangers inherent in the usage of these new technologies an...