Regulate Internet usage by children - educationist

Accra, Oct 16, GNA- An educationist, Ms Thelma Mills, on Thursday appealed to the government to promulgate a law regulating the usage of Cyber cafes (the Internet) especially by children to reduce the danger of being exposed to pornographic pictures.

"Though Internet technology is of great value to everyone because it enhances knowledge its abuse can affect moral and psychological upbringing of children especially in their formative stages. We as teachers are appealing to the government to regulate its usage.

"We are also appealing to parents also to monitor their wards as well as cyber cafe operators to monitor and control children who patronize their centres," Ms Mills, Headmistress of Faith Christian Academe (FACA) at Kotobabi told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Accra.

Ms Mills said access to Internet is vital but the exposure needs to be regulated through appropriate legislations and regulations to ensure that children are not fed with garbage from the developed world.

''Indiscipline has been the cause of all our woes, in public and private lives and this has led us to where we are after 46 years of independence...we will not get out of the woods unless we retrace our steps and reintroduce civics in the educational system'', she said.