TEACHERS’ DIGITAL LITERACY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ON INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL LITERACY IN EARLY YEARS EDUCATION IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NAKURU COUNTY KENYA

Digital literacy is one of the elemental skills in a Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC), which should be integrated across all learning activities. This paper explores teacher’s digital literacy knowledge and skills in the ongoing integration of digital literacy as a core competency in the early years of education in public primary schools in Nakuru County. The study objective was: to determine teachers’ digital literacy knowledge and skills influencing the integration of digital literacy in early year’s education, correlation research design was used. A sample of 157 teachers and 16 Headteachers were involved in this study. Questionnaires and observation schedule were used to collect data. This study found that a teacher’s digital literacy knowledge and skills greatly influence the integration of digital literacy.