Cyber-crime awareness: a comparative study of male and female B.Ed. trainees

Abstract

This paper is based on the investigation conducted to study the effect of sex, area and caste on cyber-crime awareness of Male and Female B.Ed. Trainees of Navsari district in Gujarat state. The sample consisted of 360 Male and Female B.Ed. Trainees. The sample was selected in terms of Gender (male and female), Area (rural and urban) and Caste (OPEN, SEBC and ST-SC) in equal proportions, drawn randomly method. Cyber-crime awareness was measured by Cyber-crime Awareness Scale – Rajasekar (2011).  “t” test was used for analysis the data. There is significant difference between Cyber-crime Awareness of male and female B.Ed. Trainees. There is significant difference between Cyber-crime Awareness of rural and urban B.Ed. Trainees. There is significant difference between Cyber-crime Awareness of OPEN, SEBC and ST-SC B.Ed. Trainees.