Year: 2017 | Month: June | Volume 4 | Issue 1
Assessment of Basic Computer and Internet Skills among Students in Rural Areas of Prakasam District: A Study
Mutluri Abraham
DOI:10.5958/2454-9533.2017.00003.5
Abstract:
This paper presents the information about the computer knowledge and internet skills of the rural youth in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. Computer knowledge and internet skills are compulsory in the present work in particularly for the rural students who are pursuing degree and post graduation. The Internet can be known as a kind of global meeting place where people from all parts of the world can come together. The government departments, private companies and non-governmental organisations are advertising the information in their websites, blogs and job search sites. Due to lack of internet skills, communication skills, computer knowledge the rural urban poor youth are in back to get the jobs. Very les studies are available on the present issue. Based on the situation the present article has through a light on the issue. The objective is to assess the computer knowledge and internet skills among the rural students who are above Intermediate. Prakasam district has been selected as the research setting for this study. Based on the review of literature the interview schedule has been prepared and collected data from 70 college students who represented from rural areas and small towns. The major findings in the study are 54% of the respondents are males and 46% of the respondents are females. 74.3% of the respondents is having the computer knowledge and only 25.7% of the respondents are not having the Computer knowledge. 71.4% of the respondents are not having the power point presentation skills. Government should have to organize the trainings on computers and internet in rural areas as well as small towns in Andhra Pradesh. Women participation in learning technology is very less. Government and colleges should have to focus on women to increase the learning ability among girls.
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