DIGITAL LITERACY AMONG THE STUDENTS OF SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL: A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO GENDER AND LOCALE

The aim of the study was to investigate the digital literacy among the students of senior secondary level with reference to gender and locale. Descriptive research method was employed to study the digital literacy among senior secondary level. A group of 600 senior secondary level students (300 male and 300 female) was taken as participants through stratified random sampling method those were represented urban and rural locality of district Meerut in same ratio i.e. 300 students were taken from urban locality and 300 students were taken from rural locality. A scale for assessing the digital literacy known as digital literacy scale was constructed by investigator. For the analysis of data, percentage, mean, standard deviation and C.R. value were obtained in the present study. It is concluded from the statistical results with reference to digital literacy of students of senior secondary level that a large proportion of sampled students showed an average level of digital literacy. Further, insignificant difference was reported in the digital literacy between male and female senior secondary level students. In the light of digital literacy of students of urban and rural locality, significant difference has been found in the digital literacy of senior secondary level students belongs to urban and rural locality. The high level of digital literacy was reported in students of urban locality as compare to students of rural locality.