Digital literacy survey of young people

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The Princes Trust has published the results of a digital literacy survey of young people, which asked 1,378 young people aged 15 to 25, including 265 who were NEET, about their IT skills.

Key findings from the report include:

  • 30% of NEET young people had created a Word document in the past year, compared to 55% of all those surveyed
  • Only 48% of NEET young people rated themselves as “very good” at using a computer compared to 71% of those in education
  • 1 in 10 NEET young people cannot send a CV online and said they felt “out of depth” using a computer. 35% also said they rarely or never looked online for jobs
  • 1 in 10 young people (12%) do not think their computer skills are good enough to use in the job they want, while almost one in five unemployed young people (18%) claim to feel this way.

To view the full report visit http://princes-trust.org.uk/pdf/DIGITAL_LITERACY_2013B.pdf.

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Children, Young People & Families