DIGITAL LITERACY AND LEVEL OF COMPETENCIES OF SELECTED BAELS STUDENT OF MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY GENERAL SANTOS CITY

Digital literacy competence is an excellent choice as it promotes a more exciting and contextual instruction process. This research explores and reveals the students' profile of digital literacy and competency level. The study aimed to determine the level of competencies in terms in using basic productivity tools. There were 30 respondents who were chosen randomly using Stratified random sampling from the two selected sections. In the research process, the researcher used adapted and modified questionnaires and checklists, which were validated by a panel of experts. According to the findings, students' digital literacy competence included in the medium category (3.76). Three main digital competencies indicated this category; students' MS Word literacy competence was in the moderate category (3.6), MS PPT was in the moderate category (3.2), and MS Excel was in the moderate category (2.91).