Manoeuvring Digital Competency of Secondary School Teachers for Future Education

Abstract

This paper examined the digital competence of secondary school teachers, working in   government and private institutions. For this study 80 teachers comprising of male and female were randomly selected from secondary school teachers from government and private. For data collection Digital competence Assessment Questionnaire constructed and standardized by Shipra Shrivastava and Kiran Lata Dangwal was used. From the study it was found that there was significant differences in digital competencies between government and private secondary school teachers. On the contrary the findings of the study also revealed  that there was no significant difference between male and female secondary school teachers  Technology plays a critical role in education and teachers are responsible for integrating technology into teaching and learning process therefore it has become vital for teachers to have digital competencies and skill the government should provide in service trainings to the teachers specially in government show that the become well equipped with essential technological competencies which can come handy when incorporating technology into classroom practices.