CYBER CRIME AWARENESS AMONG TEACHER TRAINEES

The purpose of the present investigation was to assess the level of cyber crime awareness among teacher trainees and to study the influence of gender, locality and their various interactions on the level of cyber crime awareness among teacher trainees. The sample comprised 240 teacher trainees selected randomly from six teacher trainee colleges (three from urban and three from rural areas) approved by NCTE, were selected randomly from Haryana. Data were analysed by adopting the criterion Mean ± SD and using two way ANOVA (2x2 factorial designs) and t-test. Results indicated that(i) most of the prospective teachers have comparatively moderate awareness level of cybercrime; (ii) there is significant independent effect of variables viz. gender and locality on the level of cyber crime awareness among teacher trainees; and (iii) there is significant two factor interactive effect of variables on the level of cyber crime awareness among teacher trainees.