EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COLLEGE GOING STUDENTS OF SOUTH KASHMIR

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EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COLLEGE GOING STUDENTS
OF SOUTH KASHMIR
Mohd Arif Hussain Bhat
Research Scholar ,School of Education,Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya,Indore, MP- 452001
Abstract : The present paper focusses on the educational problems of college going students of south
Kashmir which they faced during the recent unrest in 2016. The study was conducted on 400 college
going students from four districts of south Kashmir namely Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and
Pulwama. The students of BG Iand BG II Semester were the part of sample. 100 students were
selected from each district. Out of which 50 were male and 50 were female. The students were
sampled by using random sampling technique. The data was collected from different degree colleges of
these districts respectively. Respondents were selected from diverse socio- economic status. Self-
constructed questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for knowing the responses of
students towards their educational problems which they faced during the unrest. Data was analyzed
by using percentage method. The findings were;
98% of the students were of the view that the recent turmoil has severely affected their studies.
93% of the students were afraid of even attending the classes on normal days during the unrest
period.
83% of the students were of the view that because of the recent turmoil that education has become a
burden on them.
89% of the students were of the view that they have not even attended 10% of the classes in the whole
session and the educational loss they have suffered cannot be regained by them in future years.
90% of the male students and 88% of the female students were of the view that snatching of internet
in the valley by Government officials was not a clever move as they suffered a lot and halted their
education as well.
92% male students and 91% female students were of the view that it became utterly impossible for
them during the turmoil to attend the classes.
97% male students and 98% female students were of the view that constant shutdowns, killings, cold
blooded murders, bombings affected their studies badly.
Key words : Comparative study, College going Students, Percentage Method, unrest.
Introduction
The aim of the present paper was to find out
the educational difficulties that college going
students of south Kashmir faced post Burhan
martyrdom. Kashmir which has been called as
Heaven on Earth by different saints and rishis
from time to time. Kashmir which is known for
its beauty all over the world is also known for
shutdowns, killings, curfews, bombings and
what not. Jammu and Kashmir which is a
disputed territory between India and Pakistan,
one the one side India says it belongs to them
and on the other hand Pakistan professes it
belongs to them and in between it is the
people of Kashmir who are suffering. After the
martyrdom of Burhan Muzaffar Wani in July
2016, the valley has witnessed a lot of blood-
shed, every walk of life has been badly affected
by it be it common people, businessmen,
employees, labourers or students. The
educational institutions hardly opened after
the martyrdom of Burhan Wani. The
education of the students got badly affected
because of turmoil. Thus the aim of the

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present paper was to find out the difficulties
that were faced by the college going students
of south Kashmir (educational problems only)
during this period.
The age range of college going students
usually ranges from 18-20 years. The age
range of adolescent is from 13 to 19 years.
Thus college going students also fall in
adolescent period. This period is make or
break period for every individual. It is a period
of transition when the individual changes-
physically and psychologically from a child to
an adult. It is a period when rapid physical
and psychological changes take place in an
individual. The adolescents due to these
changes often face a number of crisis and
dilemmas. It is the period when the child
moves from dependency to autonomy. It
demands significant adjustment to the
physical and social changes. The adolescence
period in the Indian social system comes
under Brahma Acharya. This is the first
Ashram (stage of life) of various development
stages. In this stage, the child learns the basic
skills in relation to his future role as a
responsible adult. It is a fact that all living
beings pass through specific stages or phases
of development. Erikson believes that each
stage of life is marked by a specific crisis or
conflict between competing tendencies. Only if
individuals negotiate each of these hurdles,
they can be successfully developed in to a
normal and healthy manner. During this
phase adolescents must indulge themselves in
various roles, so that they can make a
steadfast self- identity. If they fail to do so,
they may experience confusion over who they
are. Adolescence is also termed as a period of
transition as it is the stage of stress, strain
and storm. During this phase one really does
not know where he or she stands. It is
believed that the uncertainty about one’s role
causes conflicts. It is a well-known fact that
delinquency increases during the period of
adolescence. The stage of adolescence period
is often marked with drug and alcohol
addictions, suicides and they take it as the
medium of pleasure and happiness.
Adolescence is also a period when satisfactory
heterosexual adjustments are facilitated or
hindered and also the career is planned and
philosophies of life are framed. There are
various factors that determine the period of
transition. They are as Speed of Transition-
During this period sudden and drastic
changes take place. Length of Transition-In
this stage the individual faces the adjustment
problems due to rapid maturity.
Discontinuities in Training- This stage is
marked with the stress of adolescence, as the
child is trained to be a responsible person
with high status of the society. Conflicting
demands- The adolescent is often confronted
with conflicting demands from parents,
teachers and the community. Degree of
realism-When the adolescent reaches the
adult stage is given an added degree of
freedom, which is beyond his capacity
(physically or psychologically), will totally
make him disappointed and dissatisfied.
Motivation- This is the wondering phase of
adolescent, where he is puzzled how to face
the new problems that life presents. He or She
would like to grow up but being unsure of the
ability to cope with the challenges of
adulthood. So long as this feeling of insecurity
exists, there will be little motivation to make
the transition in adulthood. As the barriers to
growing up are lowered or removed by
parents, teachers and society, the adolescent
can move smoothly in the direction of reaching
the goal of adulthood, and motivation to make
the transition.
Adolescents are associated with various
psychological changes which appear in the
areas of emotional, social and moral
development. During adolescence, the
individual faces a wide range and variety of
emotions. These include both positive as well
as negative emotions. Happiness is
experienced as joy, exuberance, exhilaration
etc. and sadness is experienced as depression

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unhappiness, anxiety, fear etc. Mood swings
also occur quite frequently. This is another
prominent feature among the adolescents.
Sometimes they are happy, sometimes sad.
Sometimes they have a high degree of patriotic
zeal, but a few minutes later they become
disillusioned angry. Attraction towards
members of the opposite sex is another
prominent characteristic of the adolescence.
This is natural and occurs mainly because of
the sexual maturity taking place among the
adolescents. The adolescents also begin to
acquire beliefs, opinions, attitudes and
stereotypes about society based upon their
own understanding. Media becomes a very
powerful source of influence in this stage,
especially music and television. These provide
adolescents with role models like film heroes,
great athletes etc. The thinking and reasoning
skills of adolescents expand substantially.
They become more competent especially
compared to their earlier stage of late
childhood. They develop the capacity to think
both inductively and deductively. They can
also reflect, analyze, judge, hypothesize and
discuss various points of view. In the moral
sphere, too, the adolescents undergo very
significant changes. They now develop a firm
ethical sense or an understanding of what is
right and what is wrong. The ideas are based
not only what elders and parents have taught
but on adolescents own experience.
The adolescent has to attain particular
attitudes, habits and skills if he or she has to
function effectively as an adult. The successful
performance of developmental tasks lead to
happiness and success in later life and their
failure leads to unhappiness in individual.
During these stage a number of problems like
educational, vocational and moral problems
do occur.
Review of Related Literature
Various research studies have been conducted
on problems of students. Some of them are
listed below.
Carrol (1971) conducted a study on “needs
and problems of adolescents.’’ Mulay's in
(1971) conducted a study on Needs and
problems of adolescents. Aley (1976)
Conducted a study on “the adolescent boys
and girls of secondary school in Bangalore city
with special reference to their common and
distinguishing problems in adjustment and
academic field. Tripathi (1978) conducted a
study on Frustration among School Going
children and adolescents. Rekha (1986)
conducted a study on “Various guidance
needs of the pupils of secondary and higher
secondary school”. Sharma (1989) conducted
a study on “social, emotional and educational
problems of males and females of different age
groups and different socio economic status
related to their personality factors’’.
Khobragada (1993) conducted a study on
“vocational aspiration and interest of SC, ST
Students’’. Zoysa (2006) conducted “A study
of the factors influencing the educational
achievements of the institutionalized children
in srilanka”. Ajodhya (2007) conducted a
study on “emotional problem in secondary
School children and its relation to life events
and scholastic achievement”.
Rationale of the study
Various researches have been conducted on
different issues of adolescence period by
different researchers from time to time and
after reviewing the literature it was quite
evident that the results are inconsistent. More
over different researchers belonging to
different states of India have conducted
different researches on problems of
adolescence period but not a single research
have been conducted in this area in Jammu
and Kashmir state especially in south
Kashmir, thus there was a drive need to
undertake this problem, that is why the
researcher has conducted the research on this
problem.
Statement Of The Problem

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The problem was worded as, “Educational
problems: A Comparative Study of College
going Students of South Kashmir”.
Objectives
The following were the objective of the study:
1. To study the educational problems of
college going students of South Kashmir.
2. To compare the educational problems of
male and female college going students of
South Kashmir.
Delimitations of the Study
1. Respondents were selected from south
Kashmir only.
2. English medium students were selected in
the sample.
Sample
The study was conducted on 400 college going
students from four districts of south Kashmir
namely Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and
Pulwama. The students of BG I and BG II
semester were the part of sample. 100
students were selected from each district. Out
of which 50 were male and 50 were female.
The students were sampled by using simple
random sampling method. The data was
collected from different degree colleges of these
districts respectively. Respondents were
selected from diverse socio- economic status.
Tool
Self-constructed questionnaire developed by
the researcher was used for knowing the
responses of students towards their
educational problems. The self-constructed
questionnaire consisted of 21 questions which
were related with the educational problems of
college going students of South Kashmir.
These questionnaire was closed ended.
Procedure Of Data Collection
Taking the permission from the principals of
selected colleges, the data was collected by
using self-constructed questionnaire. Self-
constructed questionnaire was personally
administered to the respondents. They were
made aware that their responses were being
used for research purpose and their responses
will be kept confidential.
Statistical Technique
Data gathered from the college going students
was analyzed with help of percentage method.
Findings
The main findings of the study were:
 98% of the students were of the view that the
recent turmoil has severely affected their
studies.
 93% of the students were afraid of even
attending the classes on normal days.
 83% of the students were of the view that
because of the recent turmoil that education
has become a burden on them.
 89% of the students were of the view that they
have not even attended 10% of the classes and
the educational loss they have suffered cannot
be regained by them.
 90% of the male students and 88% of the
female students were of the view that
snatching of internet in the valley by
Government officials was not a clever move as
they suffered a lot and halted their education
as well.
 92% male students and 91% female students
were of the view that it became utterly
impossible for them during the turmoil to
attend the classes.
 97% male students and 98% female students
were of the view that constant shutdowns,
killings, cold blooded murders, bombings
affected their studies badly.

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