Digital Competence Among Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Gender, Locale and Type of Institution

The study examined the digital competence in relation to gender, locale and type of institution of 500 teachers in secondary schools. The data was collected using the Digital Competence Scale by Shipra Shrivastva and Kiran Lata Dangwal. The result of the study showed a significant difference in digital competence of (i) male and female teachers in secondary school with male teachers being more digitally competent; (ii) between urban and rural secondary school teachers with urban teachers having higher digital competence; and (iii) between secondary school teachers from government and private schools with private school teachers having higher digital competence.