MOE is looking at other options, a source within the ministry told CNA.
Mobile Guardian suffered two major cybersecurity breaches earlier this year.SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education has terminated its contract with device management app Mobile Guardian, which suffered two major cybersecurity breaches earlier this year, a source within the ministry told CNA.In response to CNA's queries, MOE said the matter will be addressed this week. Mobile Guardian did not respond to queries.
Ms Sheena Kasturi, whose son in Secondary 1 used Mobile Guardian daily as part of his school curriculum, said: "When the issue came about, the iPad was totally not useable in school so he couldn't log in. He couldn't get anything done on his iPad," she said. While the school temporarily did away with learning via a device, it eventually provided Ms Sheena's son with an iPad that did not have the app installed, she said."The school did follow up with the parents ... reminding us that this incident has happened, the Mobile Guardian will be removed 'so please monitor your child's screen time, the activities, the websites that they are visiting'," she said.
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