24.02.2025 19:01:00
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The Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan has drafted amendments to the Comprehensive Plan for protecting children from violence, preventing suicides, and ensuring their well-being for 2023–2025.
Proposed measures include:
- Registration of children's SIM cards using IIN and birth certificate number. This aims to track minors' online activity and reduce the risk of their involvement in dangerous online groups.
- Digital analytics programs for automatically detecting child accounts subscribed to content related to violence, bullying, and suicidal themes.
- Profiling in social networks – training school psychologists to identify risks based on students' digital footprints.
- Monitoring disadvantaged families and children, determining risk zones (social, psychological, pedagogical), and creating a unified database.
- Creating a "green corridor" – an emergency mechanism to direct children with signs of suicidal behavior to specialists.
Other proposed measures:
- Mandatory "parent school" when registering a marriage, having a child, or enrolling in kindergarten or school.
- Training school psychologists in lie detection and profiling.
- Expanding training for child psychiatrists and clinical psychologists.
- Launching information campaigns and producing films on parenting and children's mental health.
The introduction of children's SIM cards has been under discussion since at least 2023. The Ministry of Education first introduced the idea during Majilis discussions, later reviewing it with other government agencies. Officials also justified the initiative by stating that children should only access "safe websites" suitable for them.
(This translation was generated automatically.)
