Sajda Khatun 1 , Minara Yeasmin
1 Research Scholar, Department of Education, Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Abstract
The study intends to identify the challenges of undergraduate Muslim female students towards digital literacy. Adopting a qualitative approach, the narrative analysis of the collected interviews gave rise to four themes. The themes are a) Limited digital awareness and a huge change, b) Need for Parental and social support, c) Distortion due to social media engagement leading to insecurity and distortion, and d) Financial Instability hampers data connectivity. The study emphasizes social media insecurity and parental financial instability. Due to the lack of digital literacy, the gap remains in the digital inclusion of all towards making an inclusive digital society.
Keywords: Digital inclusion; Muslim women; Digital literacy
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