Role of Rural Youth in Promoting Digital Literacy

In the last two decades, India has seen a new dawn with the help of computers and technologies.Digital technology is becoming an increasingly critical tool in providing students and educators with a personalized learning experience that takes advantage of resources and opportunities both inside and outside the college building.Youth are always incredibly passionate when it comes to using new technology.Their day-to-day engagement seems natural and effortless, leading many to believe that youth are experts in all things digital; that they embody the term "digital literacy."Digital literacy not only includes being a proficient user of technology but also having an understanding of how it works and skills to create new technology.Youth are not only being expert users of latest technology, but also understand its inner workings and having the skills to develop new technology to meet their unique needs.The purpose of this paper is to understand the use of new technology by the rural youth and their role in promoting digital literacy in the society to accelerate, enhance and simplify everyday tasks.In this paper, an empirical study is conducted to examine how rural youth have taken the initiative in order to provide awareness among the people to use of different types of digital technologies.With an accurate understanding of what digital literacy is, and why it matters, present youth can collectively support greater accessibility to computers and digital experiences.