Digital Literacy Essentials
Build confident, safe digital skills for PNG life: phones, data, email, cloud files, scams, SevisPass, government services and helping others go online.
- 9 lessons
- 4 hr 15 min
- Basic → Advanced
- Certificate
This course is for anyone in Papua New Guinea who wants to use a phone or computer with more confidence: students, parents, job seekers, farmers, church and youth leaders, and small business owners. It starts from zero and builds up to helping your whole community go digital.
- Basic: the parts and settings of phones and computers, how mobile data works and what it costs, and how to set up and use email properly.
- Intermediate: organising and backing up files in the cloud, spotting and reporting online scams, and using free tools such as Google Docs, Sheets and Forms.
- Advanced: understanding SevisPass digital ID and government online services, digital citizenship and lessons from the 2025 Facebook disruption, and teaching family and community members.
You need a smartphone (Android or iPhone) with some data, or access to a computer, plus a notebook. Lessons are designed for limited data and use real PNG examples. Information on digital ID, draft laws and data prices is accurate as of November 2026; always confirm the latest details with DICT, NICTA and your mobile operator.
What you will be able to do
- Set up and secure a phone, email account and cloud backup
- Manage data use to cut mobile costs
- Recognise and report common PNG online scams
- Use free productivity tools, including spreadsheet formulas and shared files
- Explain SevisPass and government online services accurately and help others get online safely
