Message From The Minister Of Culture, Youth And Sports In Conjuction With World Children’s Day 2025
“Listen to the Future”
In today's challenging modern and digital world, children also need to be guided and nurtured wisely, and protected from increasingly complex threats which may come especially through the digital space.
As such, we welcome efforts made by various agencies to develop and protect our children through various programmes, including:
a) The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Youth Camp organised by the Prime Minister's Office with support from multiple agencies in August 2024, to enhance awareness of the SDGs and build leadership and critical thinking skills.
b) The launch of the Screen Use Guidelines published by Child Development Centre (CDC) in December 2024, under the “Disconnect to Reconnect" campaign, aimed to help parents manage children's screen use and promote healthier family relationships.
c) The implementation of the ASEAN Regional Action Plan on Eliminating Violence Against Children (RPA on EVAC) in June 2025, where consultations with vulnerable children on cyberbullying issues have underscored the importance of children's voices in formulating more comprehensive policy and protection strategies.
d) The Child Online Protection Workshop organised by CyberSecurity Brunei, in June 2025 which called for cross-sectoral collaboration with different agencies to strengthen prevention, reporting, and online protection mechanisms.
e) Awareness programmes by Jabatan Pendidikan Islam (JPI) on the Influence of social media on students, along with Program Celik IT and Program Hidup Berpandukan Sunnah, which emphasised the ethics and balance in technology use, and to teach students to be responsible digital users in the current era of cybersecurity.
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