abstract

The perspective of prospective teachers was found out through self-constructed questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered on First year B.Ed. prospective teachers of GVM’S Dr. Dada Vaidya College of Education, Farmagudi, Ponda Goa for academic year 2024-25. A total of 61 participants completed the questionnaire. Initially, the prospective teachers reviewed the literature from the "daily digest" on the cyber crime portal. They also prepared an educational talk based on the file titled “Cyber Hygiene For Cyber Space” from the cyber crime portal, which was presented to school students in Goa during their one-month internship program. Prospective teachers were instructed to take any one subtopic from the above mention file and deliver one talk in a classroom. After the internship concluded, data was collected from the prospective teachers. It was found that there is a recognized necessity to inform students about online safety, responsible use of the internet, and the dangers associated with cyber threats. Additionally, it was suggested that future perspective teachers should be made aware of the rising incidence of cybercrime through appropriate training.