Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part E (2025)

ICTs' rapid spread affects practically every aspect of life in our digitally connected society, including technology and citizenship. Despite considerable efforts, rising countries like India's curriculum doesn't seem to promote digital citizenship. The level of technology, social media, and digital media issues at each level of school is unknown. Students should learn digital literacy and ethical technology use since they will influence society. Given the complexity and growth of technology, digital citizenship may become an important schooling topic. Pre-service teachers can boost India's digital citizenship by raising awareness. Apart from that, most teens have internet access and may have misused it. Digital technologies could standardise these practices. The 2020 National Education Policy prioritises digital literacy and ethical technology use, which affect teacher education. The current descriptive study included pre-service teachers in D.Ed. and D.El.Ed. programs at Jamia Millia Islamia, Tecnia Institute, and AYJNISHD. This study includes 93 pre-service teachers. The questionnaire was distributed by Google Forms email and WhatsApp. Since the questionnaire was self-paced and time-free, 93 responses were collected. The study found no substantial difference in digital citizenship awareness between male and female pre-service teachers. This suggests gender does not affect their understanding. Compared to private school pre-service teachers, government pre-service teachers had slightly lower awareness. Pre-service teachers with a Doctor of Education degree were also more knowledgeable of digital citizenship. These findings show that D.El.Ed. and government need digital citizenship training.