RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIGITAL LITERACY AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICT OF SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL STUDENTS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO GENDER, LOCALE AND STREAM

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between digital literacy and attitude towards ICT of senior secondary level students with reference to gender, locale and stream. Descriptive research method was employed in this study. 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 group of 600 students was equally distributed into three streams i.e. Science, Arts and Commerce. Thus, 200 students of science group, 200 students of Arts group and 200 students of commerce group were taken under the sample units in the present study. Digital literacy scale and a scale for assessing the attitude towards ICT were 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 that positive and significant relationship were found between digital literacy and attitude towards ICT of students with reference to gender, locale and stream.