Kindergarten – Grade 2
Ask an adult, never share your name or photo, kind words online, and screen-time habits.
FutureTech & Computing
Cybersecurity & Digital Citizenship
Grade bands served: Kindergarten through Grade 12
This subject combines personal online safety, digital ethics and the technical foundations of cybersecurity. Younger learners study safe use, kindness online and asking an adult for help. Middle-school learners study passwords, phishing, scams, privacy settings, digital footprint and cyberbullying. High-school learners study threat models, authentication, encryption concepts, social engineering, mobile-money fraud patterns common in West Africa, and organisational security practice — always framed as defence, never as attack.
Why this subject matters
Mobile money fraud, account theft and misinformation cause real financial and social harm in Liberia. Security awareness protects families, employers and institutions.
Overall learning goals
- • Protect personal accounts, devices and data.
- • Recognise phishing, scams and social engineering.
- • Behave ethically and kindly in digital spaces.
- • Understand privacy, consent and digital footprint.
- • Apply basic organisational security practice.
Core competencies & skills
- • Account and password hygiene
- • Threat recognition
- • Privacy management
- • Ethical online conduct
- • Incident response basics
Scope by grade band
Grades 3–5
Strong passwords, private information rules, recognising strangers online, reporting unkind behaviour and digital footprint.
Grades 6–8
Phishing and scams, two-factor authentication, privacy settings, cyberbullying response, and safe mobile-money habits.
Grades 9–12
Threat modelling, encryption concepts, social engineering, secure practice for organisations, and cybersecurity careers.
Typical learning activities
- • Phishing identification drills
- • Password strength workshops
- • Scenario role-play
- • Privacy-settings audits
- • Awareness campaign design
Project examples
- • School digital-safety campaign
- • Family mobile-money fraud awareness guide
- • Security audit checklist for a small business
- • Cyber-safety training delivered to younger learners
Assessment methods
- • Scenario response tasks
- • Awareness campaign quality
- • Written examinations
- • Practical audits
Real-world & career connections
- • Information security
- • IT support
- • Banking and mobile-money operations
- • Compliance and risk
FutureTech & AI integration
Learners study AI-enabled scams, voice cloning and deepfakes, and how to verify identity and media.
Expected learner outcomes
- • Graduates secure their own accounts and advise others.
- • Graduates identify and report common online fraud.
Where it appears by grade
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