Teacher Challenges in Developing Digital Literacy in Schools during the Pandemic Era

: The pandemic era has accelerated the need for mastery of digital literacy very quickly. The government is currently also aggressively conducting a National Digital Literacy Movement campaign, which includes targeting three basic environments, namely schools, families and communities. To support the creation of literate schools, literate teachers are one of the prerequisites. With the aim of knowing the involvement of teachers as facilitators of literacy education in schools, this research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method. Initial data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to informants which were then deepened through focus group discussions. This study involved Guidance and Counseling teachers from public and private junior high schools in the City of Purwokerto. The results of the study show that teachers still face many challenges and obstacles in developing digital literacy in schools, especially during the pandemic. The digital literacy movement in schools has not involved all teachers in it. Teachers are also still more focused on efforts to improve self-competence in order to keep pace with changes in digital technology in learning and ensure students are able to access digital technology to support learning. Teachers have not directed digital literacy education much to improve students' critical skills.