The Dutch government wants to make a cyber driving license available to all primary schools

The Dutch government wants to make the cyber driving license project, announced last year, available to all primary schools. The aim of the project is to prevent children from becoming victims of cybercrime.

The driving license is being developed by the Dutch government and private parties the letter to Parliament ‘Integrated approach to online fraud’ from July 8. A pilot is currently being carried out at fifteen schools, spread over four Dutch municipalities. The project is aimed at children in groups 7 and 8.

“Within this pilot, primary education will be taught about various forms of online crime, including online fraud. After the pilot phase, the cyber driving license will be available to all primary schools, with the program being offered via various educational platforms,” ​​writes the Minister of Justice and Security. Yesilgoz-Zegerius. It is not yet known when the project will become available for all Dutch primary schools.

For secondary schools, the Ministry of Justice has put together an information campaign about ‘online fraud and cybercrime’. To this end, it has collaborated with the Center for Crime Prevention and Security and youth agency HALT. The latter sends employees to the schools to provide information.