"The results of this survey become the basis for us to map the targets and map the community's needs for literacy so that the National Digital Literacy Program can be executed effectively and right on target," the ministry's director general of informatics application Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said in a written statement released here on Wednesday.
While delivering his remarks at the release of the results of the 2022 Indonesia Digital Literacy Index, Pangerapan informed that the survey was carried out to determine people who need digital literacy improvement, the right learning materials, and to chart an effective strategy for digital literacy improvement.
The measurement of the 2022 Digital Literacy Index was divided into several categories, one of which was the measurement of the digital literacy index by region. The survey results showed that, in general, the literacy index among regions in Indonesia tended to be balanced.
The digital literacy index score in the western part of Indonesia was slightly higher than others at 3.56. Meanwhile, the score in the central part of Indonesia was the lowest compared to others at 3.48.
In the provincial category, Yogyakarta ranked first with a score of 3.64. The province also had the highest digital literacy index score in 2021.
The 2022 Digital Literacy Index survey targeted three groups: the government/Indonesian Military (TNI)/National Police (Polri) segment, the general public segment, and the education segment.
The survey showed that the government/TNI/Polri segment had the highest digital literacy index score of 3.74, followed by the education segment (3.70) and the general public segment (3.50).
The 2022 Digital Literacy Index survey involved 10 thousand respondents from 514 districts and cities of Indonesia and was carried out using the multistage random sampling method. It was conducted from August to September 2022.
The survey had a margin of error of 0.98 percent and a confidence interval of 95 percent.
Data collection was carried out through face-to-face interviews with the target population aged 13-70 years, who accessed the Internet in the three months prior to the survey.
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Translator: Ahmad Wijaya, Raka Adji
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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