Ownership of computing devices Digital Skills Digital skills: general Digital skills: gender mobile owners more equal: 78% amongst men and 77% amongst women. Only 6% of households own a computing device (desktop/laptop/tablet)1 Ability of mobile owners aged 1565 to conduct the following by themselves Search for information online: 22% Install an app: 21% Create login details: 18% Create/adjust settings on an app/service: 19% Post information online: 21% The main difference between men and women appears to be in regards to digital skills. Data shows that women’s skills are consistently lower than those of men (from box on LIRNEasia research) The report states that public access to computing devices is important. It later states that it can allocate funds towards such end user devices in schools if needed, but states that this should primarily the responsibility of the relevant Ministry or partners. Low digital skills by mobile owners have been identified using the LIRNEasia research. Several CSR and NGOs have also perceived this gap, and started successful programmes. They lack scale, however. Based on this, 2 programmes are being proposed. 1. ICT training in schools 2. Digital literacy training in various alternative learning centres and other community Institutions (more details in Annex 1) The USF will fund a range of digital literacy projects, targeting certain target groups including girls and women The report with the full results of the survey “Mobile phones, Internet, information and knowledge: Myanmar 2016” can be accessed here. The 6% figure is simply the addition of the percentage of households that have a desktop, laptop and tablet (asked separately). Given the possibility that some households may own more than one computing device, the 6% stated here is likely an overestimation. 1