COMPUTER LITERACY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITIES OF SOUTHERN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN

Rehman Ullah Khan; Anwar Khan; Muhammad Anwar

Rehman Ullah Khan Faculty of Cognitive Sciences & Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA
Anwar Khan Assistant professor, Department of Management Sciences, KKKUK, Karak, KP, Pakistan
Muhammad Anwar Assistant professor, Department of Media Studies, KKKUK, Karak, KP, Pakistan

Keywords: Computer Literacy, Digital Skills, Students’ Academic Performance, University

Abstract

Computer literacy is ability to understand & utilize computer technologies. After COVID-19 pandemic the role of computer technologies immensely increased. Findings from the recent research suggest that computer literacy can positively affect the academic performance of students. However, most of such research has been conducted in the western countries with less studies in Pakistan, keeping this in view this study has examined dynamic linkages amid computer literacy and academic performance in universities of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. For this purpose, a web-based survey was conducted among the students in three universities. Data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Data analyses revealed a positive link between computer literacy and academic performance. Based on such findings this study suggests positive linking between the computer literacy and academic performance in Pakistan. The results offered valuable information in reaching the desired conclusion. In this connection, tt is thus recommended that further research is needed to fully comprehend the nature of the linkages amid computer literacy and academic performance in Pakistan.