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Research Paper—Education
Attitude of Parents towards Girl’s Education
April, 2012 * Dr. Suresh T. Kotwani
* Asso. Prof. Savitribai Phule College of Education, Akot, Akola (Maharashtra)
According to Aristotle, education means, “Creation Objectives of the study -
of sound mind in a sound body”. Education develops 1) To study the attitudes of parents towards the girl’s
man’s mind so that he may be able to enjoy the con- education.
templation of supreme truth, goodness & beauty. There 2) To compare the attitudes of Male & Female parents
are different views about education from different towards girl’s education.
philosophers & different educationists. 3) To compare the attitudes of Literate & Illiterate
Education is the process of becoming criti- parents towards girl’s education.
cally aware of one’s reality in a manner that leads to 4) To compare the attitude of Urban & Rural parents
effective action upon it. An educated man/women towards girl’s education.
understands his/her world well enough to deal with it Hypotheses -
effectively. Such men/women if they existed in suffi- 1) There is no significant difference in the attitude of
cient numbers would not leave the absurdities of the Male & Female parents towards girl’s education.
present world unchanged. The prosperity of a country 2) There is no significant difference in the attitude of
depends on the number of its cultivated citizens, edu- Literate & Illi- terate parents towards girl’s educa-
cation of men (& women), enlightment & character. tion.
Education is very important to every person. 3) There is no significant difference in the attitude of
Education is the right of not only men but women as Urban & Rural Parents towards girl’s education.
well. Female education is the need of the hour. With- Methodology -
out educating the women of the country we can’t hope In the present study descriptive Survey
for a developed nation. Women plays a vital role in Method has been used.
the all round progress of a country. If we want to make Tool -
democracy successful, women must be educated. They The esearcher have constructed a test to find
are the real builders of happy homes. out the attitude of parents towards education. Due
It is said that if we educate a man,we educate attention was given to maintain the Reliability &
a man only, but if we educate a woman,we educate the Validity of the Test.
whole family. This highlights the importance of fe- Sample -
male education. It is a fact that women are the first Total 200 parents from Urban and Rural ar-
teachers of their children. Hence, if mothers are well- eas of Akola & Amravati districts of Maharashtra have
educated, they can play an important role in shaping been chosen randomly,as sample for present study. In
and moulding of their sons and daughters. this Male & Female as well as Literate & Illiterate
Significance & Need of the Study - parents are included. The distribution of sample is
The educated parents feel that education of given in the table No. 1.
girls should be encouraged, while the illiterate par- Table No. 1 - Distribution of sample
ents differ in their attitudes. Some are interested in Analysis & Interpretation -
sending the firls to schools. Others feel that education Hypothesis - 1 -
for girls is not needed because they have to learn Sr. Gender Literate Illiterate Total
household work. So it is a waste to spend money on No. Rural Urban Rural Urban
1. Male 25 25 25 25 100
girl’s education.According to stastistics of the Cen- 2. Female 25 25 25 25 100
sus of India, the graphs reveal that the percentage of Total 50 50 50 50 200
educated women is very low in our country than men. To test the hypothesis -1, t-test was applied &
Generally there is a negative attitude towards educa- the calculation details are given in the table No. 2.
tion of girls. But the girl’s edun is the need of the hour. The t-value calculated here (1.25) is not sig-
Hence this study on the attitude of girl’s education is nificant at 0.01 level. Hence the null hypothesis is
undertaken. accepted & it is concludeted that the male & female
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Table No. 2 - Comparision of Mean scores of atti- To test the hypothesis -3, t-test was applied
tude test of Male & Female parents. & the calculation details are given in the table No. 4.
Table No. 4 - Comparision of Mean scores of atti-
Sr. Gender N Mean S.D. t-value Significance
tude test of Urban & Rural parents.
No. at 0.01 level
1. Male 100 110.2 10.7 1.25 Not The t-value calculated here 1.6, which is not
Sr. Locality N Mean S.D. t-value Significance
2. Female 100 112.4 13.9 Significant No. at 0.01 level
1. Urban 100 114.8 13.5
parents donot differ significantly in their attitude to- 1.6 Not Significant
wards girls education. 2. Rural 100 112.0 11.7
Hypothesis - 2 - significant at 0.01 level. Hence the null hypothesis is
To test the hypothesis -2, t-test was applied accepted & it is concluded that the Parents from Ur-
& the calculation details are given in the table No. 3. ban & Rural localities do not differ significantly in
Table No. 3 - Comparision of Mean scores of atti- their attitudes towards girl’s education.
tude test of Literate & Illiterate parents. Major Findings -
The t-value calculated here 1.73, which is 1) The parents have high attitude to wards girl’s
Sr. Literacy N Mean S.D. t-value Significance education.
No. at 0.01 level 2) There is no significant difference in the attitude of
1. Literate 100 114.1 12.7
1.73 Not Significant Male & Female parents towards girl’s education.
2. Illiterate 100 111.2 11.0 3) Literate & Illiterate parents do not differ
signifivcantly in their attitudes towards girl’s educa-
not significant at 0.01 level. Hence the null hypoth- tion.
esis is accepted & it is concluded that the Literate & 4) Urban & Rural parents do not differ signifi-
Illiterate Parents do not differ significantly in their cantly in their attitudes towards girl’s education.
attitudes towards girl’s education.
Hypothesis - 3 -
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