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APPENDIX
Ph. D RESEARCH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
On
"A STUDY ON SCHOOL DROP - OUTS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MAYILADUTHURAI TALUK,
NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT”
Guide & Supervisor Dr. G. CHANDRAKUMAR, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Reader & H.O.D of Economics, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai.
Research Scholar N. VIJAY, M.A., Ph.D., (F/T) Scholar in Economics, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai.
To: Date: Dear Sir/Madam This questionnaire / Schedule is prepared to collect primary data in
respect of the topic “"A STUDY ON SCHOOL DROP - OUTS: CAUSES AND
CONSEQUENCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MAYILADUTHURAI
TALUK, NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT” towards my Ph.D Programme. This is
designed to analyse the causes and consequences of school Drop-outs. working
of PHCs from beneficiaries point of view. Hence, I request you to kindly
responsed to all the issues asked. Your response well be kept confidential and
will be used only for the purpose of academic research.
I request your earnest and wholehearted co-operation in this endeavour.
Thanking You
Yours Sincerely,
N. VIJAY
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Note: Give Tick (√) Mark Wherever Needed:
I. SOCIO - ECONOMIC DETAILS OF RESPONDENTS 1. Name of the Respondent : 2. Sex : Male / Female 3. Age : Less than 10 / 10 - 15/ above 15 4. Community : OC / OBC / MBC / SC / ST 5. Religion : Hinduism / Christianity / Islam /Others 6. Level of Education : Up to 5th/Middle/High School/ H.Sc., 7. Number of Family Members : Less than 3 / 3- 5 / Above 5 8. Type of House : Hut / Tiled /Terraced / 9. Average Monthly Income of the : Less than Rs.1,000 / 1,000 - 3,000
Family Above 3,000 10. Do you Possess Assets ? : Yes / No 11. If "Yes" State the type :
(a) Own House (b) Cattle (c) Furniture (d) Jewels (e) Vehicle (f) Others
12. Do you have Liabilities : Yes / No If "Yes", from whom (a) Nationalized Banks (b) Private Banks (c) Money Lenders (d) Friends (e) Relatives (f) Others
13. State the Extent of your : Less than Rs.1,000 / Rs.1,000 –
Liabilities? : 5000 Above / 5,000
14. Place of Living : Village / Town 15. In case of living in Village, how far : Less than 1. km / 1 - 5 km. /
it is away from the town? : More than 5 km
II. DETAILS RELATED TO CAUSES OF BEING A DROP - OUT
A. Reasons From The Point of View of The Respondents
SCHOOL RELATED REASONS
1. Up to which class have you studied? : 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12 2. In which school you studied? : a) Government b) Private - Aided
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3.
State the facilities available in your School: Yes / No (a) Adequate teaching staff (b) Proper class room (c) Presence of basic amenities including drinking water (d) Mid - Day meals (e) Play ground (f) Play things (g) Good Library (h) Scholarship Facilities (i) Good lab facilities (j) Extra curricular activities (k) Strict discipline (i) Good school environment (m) Easily accessible place of school location
4. Do you satisfied with the facilities available in your School? Yes / No
4. (a) If “yes”, why are you being a drop-out?
(1) Economic And Health Reasons for Being A Drop - Out
(a) Poverty (b) More number of children (c) Ill Health (d) To Supplement family income (e) Any Other
(2) Reasons Related to Society And Family Environment
(a) Drunkard Parents (b) Lack of Motivation to continue schooling (c) Personal Interest to earn Income (d) Disinterested in education (e) Failed number of times in the class last studied (f) Personal Indiscipline (g) Family circumstances (h) Attitude of the society not to encourage female education (i) Parents separated (j) Sickness of parents (k) Immorality of parents (l) Parents not supportive (m) Mass media (n) Any Other
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4. (b) If "No" why are you being a Drop - Out?
(1) School Related Reasons
(a) Differential treatment by teachers (b) Lack of understanding among students (c) Lack of understanding of subjects taught (d) Misuse of students by teachers (e) Sexual harassment by teaching and non – teaching staff (f) Any other
(2) Transport Reasons:
(a) Lack of money (b) Preference to work and earn by seeing others. (c) Lack of proper road and approach road facilities (d) Lack of transport facilities (e) Lack of frequency of buses (f) Unscheduled stoppages (g) Improper time schedule of buses (h) Congestion in buses (i) Buses not stopped at school - point (j) Ill health due to lack of good and cheap transport. (k) Travelling in buses found difficult since the present day students have
to shoulder heavy load of books, notebooks, and other accessories (l) Very high rates of accidents and breakdowns of buses in School zones. (m) Any other
B. Reasons From The Point of View of Parents, Uttered by Drop-Out Respondents
(1) Parental Attitude
(a) Not having desire to educate wards (children) (b) Parents from affluent families do not care for education of their children (c) Lack of parental awareness in regard to the level of education (d) Economic conditions of the family (e) Discourage education of women children (f) Any Other
(2) School Related Reasons
(a) Unable to get admission in good schools (b) Lack of free hostel facilities (c) Lack of basic facilities in schools (d) Lack of basic facilities in hostels. (e) Inadequate scholarship paid. (f) Unable to get scholarship (g) Absence of free textbooks (h) Given discriminatory treatment by teachers. (i) Misuse of children by teachers (j) Sexual harassment of students especially women students by teachers
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(k) Indifferent attitude towards children by teachers. (l) Lack of Discipline (m) Collecting too much money from the students (n) Preferential treatment given to chosen sections, either according to
communal caste or religion (o) Teachers going on leave very frequently (p) Discriminatory treatment inside the classroom (q) Extracting too much of other works from the students by teachers (r) Misuse of students for personal reasons during regular working hours. (s) Teacher forcing the students to bring money (t) Any Other
C. Reasons From The Point of View of Family, Uttered by Drop-Out Respondents.
(a) Children pay more interest to earn rather to learn (b) Drunkard parents (c) Separated parents (d) Mentally retarded parents (e) Immoral parents (f) Too much of freedom given to the children (g) Lack of Control exercised by parents (h) Fear among parents to strict with the children (i) Mingling with unwanted children (j) Discrimination among children in terms of complexion and sex. (k) Criminal parents.
(l) Any other.
III. DETAILS RELATED TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING A SCHOOL DROP-OUT
A. General Consequences From The Point of View of Respondents
1.
Do you think that the Consequences of being a School : drop-out are both Positive and Negative in Character :
Yes / No
2. If "Yes", the Positive Consequences are ?
(a)
Totally freed from the existing problem of educated unemployment.
(b) Have the feeling that he/she able to support the family financially.
(c) Successful in life through finding self – employment
(d) Having the sense of satisfaction that he/she is able to contribute to the education of family members and family income
(e) Being drop-out, they do not want others being drop-out.
(f) Any Others
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3.
If "Yes", the Negative Consequences are ?
(a)
Even if the respondent wishes to continue the education in regular school in the later years, he/she could not do so due to crossing certain age limit
(b) Lack of awareness in day-to-day matters due to lack of education
(c) Stand to lose even good opportunity like promotion, increments, etc.,
(d) Development of inferiority complex
(e) Being a school drop-out, jealous of others getting education and hence acting as retarding factors to the school goers
(f) Turned out to be a drug addict and centre of all vices
(g) Passing on wrong information about school going children to the parents.
(h) Making the school-going children to succumb to bad practices like greed for money, greed for personal rights, etc
(i) Receiving discriminatory treatment from the family.
(j) Not enjoying social status.
(k) Any other.
B. Consequences From The School Point of View, Uttered by
Respondents.
Do you think that the Consequences of being a School : drop-out are both Positive and Negative in Character :
Yes / No
Positive Consequences
1. Being a drop-out helping school authorities to run the school smoothly.
2. Making efforts to bring discipline among students community
3. Making the school-going children to behave in a disciplined way inside the
school.
4. Making the school-going children to preserve and conserve the properties of
the schools
5. Any other
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Negative Consequences
1. Causing hindrance to the regular functioning of the schools.
2. Disturbing the school functioning when students removed from the school for
gross misbehaviour
3. Causing damages to school property
4. Bring bad name to the schools by involving teaching and non-teaching staff
who are against the schools
5. Causing communal feelings among school going children and setting staff
against the schools.
6. Instigating students to fight for unnecessary rights.
7. Any Other
B. Consequence From The Family Point of View
Do you think that the Consequences of being a Schoo : l drop-out are both Positive and Negative in Character :
Yes / No
Positive Consequences
1. Providing additional income to the family when the ward is employed.
2. Able to satisfy family requirements.
3. Finds it a duty to educate other children of the family
4. Any other.
Negative Consequences
1. Spoiling the family name and prestige when becomes an anti-social elements
2. Affecting the normal and peaceful functioning of the family.
3. Threat to the family when steals family income and property.
4. Headache to the family when indulges in beating family members.
5. Headache to neighbours of the family.
6. Family becomes Psychologically upset.
7. Any other.
D. Consequence From The Society's Point of View
Do you think that the Consequences of being a School : drop-out are both Positive and Negative in Character :
Yes / No
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Positive Consequences
1. Providing both physical and financial help to the poor students to continue the
studies.
2. Raising voice against employing child-labourers.
3. Taking efforts to rescue child labourers from doing jobs.
4. Raising voice to relieve against bonded labourers.
5. Taking efforts to rescue bonded labourers.
6. Acting as social reformer
7. Any other.
Negative Consequences
1. Creating communal clashes
2. To get income involving himself / herself and others on the path of vices
3. Indulging in robbery and murder
4. During festival seasons acting as anti-social elements.
5. Member of extremists’ gang.
6. Causing damage to public property
8. Any other.
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Table IV 2.1.1.8 Transport Reasons For Being Drop-Outs Other Than Available Facilities In Schools
Com
mu
nit
y
Lack
of
mon
ey t
o t
ravel
by B
us
/
Min
ibu
s
Pre
fere
nce
to w
ork
an
d e
arn
by s
eein
g
oth
ers
Lack
of
pro
per
road
an
d a
pp
roach
road
faci
liti
es
Lack
of
tran
sport
faci
liti
es
Lack
of
freq
uen
cy o
f b
use
s
Un
sch
edu
led
sto
pp
ages
Imp
rop
er t
ime
sch
edu
le o
f b
use
s
Con
ges
tion
in
bu
ses
Bu
ses
not
stop
ped
at
sch
ool
- p
oin
t
Ill
hea
lth
du
e to
lack
of
good
an
d c
hea
p
tran
sport
Tra
vel
lin
g i
n b
use
s fo
un
d d
iffi
cult
Ver
y h
igh
ra
tes
of
acc
iden
ts i
n S
chool
zon
es
An
y o
ther
Tota
l
OC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
BC 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
MBC 1 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 13
SC 3 4 3 5 6 1 2 2 8 2 1 0 0 37
ST 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Total 5 8 5 9 13 1 4 2 10 5 2 2 0 66
Source: Primary Data Computed
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Table IV 2.1.1.7 Being Drop-Outs Due To School Related Reasons Other Than Available Facilities
Com
mu
nit
y
Differential
treatment by
teachers
Lack of
understanding
among students
Lack of
understanding of
subjects taught
Misuse of
students by
teachers
Sexual
harassment by
teaching and
non-teaching
staff
Any
other
Tota
l
OC 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
BC 2 3 1 0 1 0 7
MBC 1 5 3 2 2 0 13
SC 6 9 12 3 7 0 37
ST 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
Total 10 22 18 5 11 0 66
Source: Primary Data Computed
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Table IV 2.1.1.6. Reasons For Being Drop-Outs Related To Society And Family Environment
Com
munit
y
Dru
nkar
d P
aren
ts
Lac
k o
f M
oti
vat
ion t
o c
onti
nue
schooli
ng
Per
sonal
Inte
rest
to e
arn i
nco
me
Dis
inte
rest
ed i
n E
duca
tion
Fai
led i
n c
lass
las
t st
udie
d a
num
ber
of
tim
es
Per
sonal
Indis
cipli
ne
Fam
ily C
ircu
mst
ance
s
Not
to e
nco
ura
ge
Fem
ale
Educa
tion
Par
ents
sep
arat
ed
Sic
knes
s of
Par
ents
Imm
ora
lity
of
Par
ents
Par
ents
not
Support
ive
Mas
s M
edia
Any O
ther
Tota
l
OC 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
BC 4 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 26
MBC 6 5 4 3 10 12 16 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 68
SC 40 8 10 7 9 10 7 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 99
ST 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Total 53 18 18 12 23 23 28 15 5 3 2 2 5 0 207
Source: Primary Data Computed
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Table IV 2.1.1.7 Being Drop-Outs Due To School Related Reasons Other Than Available Facilities
Com
mu
nit
y
Differential
treatment by
teachers
Lack of
understanding
among students
Lack of
understanding of
subjects taught
Misuse of
students by
teachers
Sexual
harassment by
teaching and
non-teaching
staff
Any
other
Tota
l
OC 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
BC 2 3 1 0 1 0 7
MBC 1 5 3 2 2 0 13
SC 6 9 12 3 7 0 37
ST 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
Total 10 22 18 5 11 0 66
Source: Primary Data Computed
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Table IV 2.1.1.8 Transport Reasons For Being Drop-Outs Other Than Available Facilities In Schools
Com
mu
nit
y
Lack
of
mon
ey t
o t
ravel
by B
us
/
Min
ibu
s
Pre
fere
nce
to w
ork
an
d e
arn
by s
eein
g
oth
ers
Lack
of
pro
per
road
an
d a
pp
roach
road
faci
liti
es
Lack
of
tran
sport
faci
liti
es
Lack
of
freq
uen
cy o
f b
use
s
Un
sch
edu
led
sto
pp
ages
Imp
rop
er t
ime
sch
edu
le o
f b
use
s
Con
ges
tion
in
bu
ses
Bu
ses
not
stop
ped
at
sch
ool
- p
oin
t
Ill
hea
lth
du
e to
lack
of
good
an
d c
hea
p
tran
sport
Tra
vel
lin
g i
n b
use
s fo
un
d d
iffi
cult
Ver
y h
igh
rate
s of
acc
iden
ts i
n S
chool
zon
es
An
y o
ther
Tota
l
OC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
BC 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
MBC 1 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 13
SC 3 4 3 5 6 1 2 2 8 2 1 0 0 37
ST 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Total 5 8 5 9 13 1 4 2 10 5 2 2 0 66
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Table IV 2.11.6. Reasons For Being Drop-Outs Related To Society And Family Environment
Com
munit
y
Dru
nkar
d P
aren
ts
Lac
k o
f M
oti
vat
ion t
o c
onti
nue
schooli
ng
Per
sonal
Inte
rest
to e
arn i
nco
me
Dis
inte
rest
ed i
n E
duca
tion
Fai
led i
n c
lass
las
t st
udie
d a
num
ber
of
tim
es
Per
sonal
Indis
cipli
ne
Fam
ily C
ircu
mst
ance
s
Not
to e
nco
ura
ge
Fem
ale
Educa
tion
Par
ents
sep
arat
ed
Sic
knes
s of
Par
ents
Imm
ora
lity
of
Par
ents
Par
ents
not
Support
ive
Mas
s M
edia
Any O
ther
Tota
l
OC 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
BC 4 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 26
MBC 6 5 4 3 10 12 16 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 68
SC 40 8 10 7 9 10 7 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 99
ST 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Total 53 18 18 12 23 23 28 15 5 3 2 2 5 0 207
Source: Primary Data Computed
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Table IV 2.1.1.3. Availability of Facilities in Schools
Com
mu
nit
y
Adequate
Teaching staff
Proper
Class
Rooms
Basic
Amenities
Mid - Day
Meals Play Ground
Play things
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
OC 8 3 7 4 10 1 11 0 5 6 4 7
BC 23 10 22 11 28 5 33 0 12 21 24 9
MBC 65 16 57 24 67 14 81 0 50 31 48 33
SC 96 40 54 82 113 23 136 0 71 65 66 70
ST 9 3 8 4 9 3 12 0 6 6 6 6
Total 201 72 148 125 227 46 273 0 144 129 148 125
Table IV 2.1.1.3 Continued …..
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Table IV 2.1.1.3 Continued …..
Com
mu
nit
y
Good
Library
Scholarship
Facilities
Good
Laboratory
Facilities
Extra
Curricular
Activities
Strict
Discipline
Good School
Environment
Easily
accessible
school
location
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
OC 8 3 0 11 7 4 10 1 9 2 10 1 8 3
BC 20 13 1 32 25 8 31 2 18 15 15 18 17 16
MBC 44 37 10 71 60 21 80 1 47 34 49 32 58 23
SC 81 55 9 127 84 52 136 0 67 69 95 41 48 88
ST 4 8 1 11 4 8 10 2 7 5 6 6 3 9
Total 157 116 21 252 180 93 267 6 148 125 175 98 134 139
Source: Primary Data Computed
Chart III.1. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN TAMIL NADU
Source: Tamil Nadu An Economics Appraisal, 2002 - 2003