Today, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) is opening a "Be Smart, Use Heart" video contest and it's open to all Malaysian secondary schoolchildren aged 13 to 18. The video contest is an initiative by CyberSAFE and requires participants to develop and submit a self-interview YouTube video of not more than one minute that focuses on Cyberbullying; it can be an idea, a solution or even a personal experience related to digital citizenship and cyberbullying. It will start from now until 15 September 2016.
Philip Ling, Digi’s Programme Manager for CyberSAFE , said, “The Digi CyberSAFETM in Schools Programme is committed to creating greater awareness and capacity building on digital safety and citizenship. With 37% of school students in Malaysia encountering or previously involved with cyberbullying, we believe the theme for the competition is relevant to the Malaysian youths of today.”
“We are looking for passionate young people who want to be changemakers in the digital world, youths who have practical ideas on how to deal with issues such as Cyberbullying and in addition, to being able to articulate and deliver these impactful messages for greater peer to peer influence. We believe having a creative platform such as this video challenge can be a great outlet to hear the voices of the children to exercise their rights and express their opinions with regards to being smart online and being kind as responsible digital citizens” added Ling.
The best video submission will have the opportunity to walk away with a grand prize of RM500, while the first and second runner-ups will receive RM300 and RM200 respectively. The winners and some of the best entries will also get an opportunity to join Digi’s Digital Citizenship Camp for young leaders which are to be held at the end of September.
The winners of the video contest will be announced by the end of September 2016, with the prize giving to be held at the Auditorium of Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan in October 2016. For more information on the 'Be Smart, Use Heart' video contest or to submit entries, visit new.digi.com.my/cybersafe-video-contest.
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