A Study on Assessing the Digital Competency Profile of Teachers in Odisha

Mitali Swain

Abstract: The most influential and proven vehicle for achieving goals of sustainable development is education and to attain this target the vision of 21st-century learning skills focuses on the digitalization of pedagogical strategies along with teaching-learning practices. As the initiative of the government of Odisha focuses on ICT-enabled classrooms with innovative digital resources along with infrastructure, there is still minor improvement in the teaching practices. The current study aims to investigate the digital competency level of government school teachers using the DigCompEdu self-reflection tool. In the tool, 25 items are covering 7 areas. The researcher adopted a quantitative survey and used 50 samples working in government schools of Odisha. The study finds majority of samples i.e. 30% are in one competency level.

Keywords: Digital competency, teacher training, DigCompEdu