Digital Technology Education in Curbing Cyber-Crime in Nigeria for National Development

Resumen

In recent time, the alarming growth of the digital technology education (on-line learning) resources and its wide acceptance has led to increase in cyber-crime in Nigeria. In Nigeria, digital technology education assisted cyber-crimes are committed on daily bases in various forms such as fraudulent electronic mails, plagiarism, identity theft, hacking, spamming, and so on. The paper was able to discuss and elaborate much about cyber-crime and digital technology education, digital technology for national development, various types of cyber-crime, causes of cyber-crime and different ways of combating cyber-crime was discussed. The paper therefore recommended, among other things, that this paradigm be adopted by school authorities and cyber-security awareness and training that can make the learners be aware of the danger of cyber-crime or cyber-attacks in schools and colleges to achieve successful teaching and learning as a means to minimize the impact of cybercrime for effective national development in Nigeria.