Toward Digital School: The Level of Usage, Competency and Awareness for Digital Storage Among School Administrators Pre to the Covid-19 Era

Abstract

In today's rapidly changing and dynamic educational ecosystem, the Malaysian Ministry of Education emphasises digital education. Nationwide focus has been dedicated to the ICT proficiency of school administrators, as they play a pivotal role in technological leadership, in order to ensure the realisation of this objective. The sample consists of 266 school administrators who completed a questionnaire used as a research instrument. This study investigated the level of digital competence among school administrators in the southern peninsula of Malaysia. In addition, the researchers analysed the degree of cloud storage awareness and cloud storage usage across the samples. It was discovered that school administrators have a moderate degree of proficiency in cloud storage usage, use cloud storage infrequently, and have a high level of awareness regarding the significance of using cloud storage for school administration. It implies that school administrators require extensive training on the use and significance of cloud storage in school administration. However, these data were taken before the Covid-19 crisis. Covid-19 may have increased technological adoption in the global education system, necessitating more study on the status of these factors.