Educational adjustment of rural girls

Abstract

The study was conducted in Milkipur and Masodha block of Faizabad district by conducting personal interview with 160 respondents those were selected though proportionate random sampling technique on the criteria of high school, intermediate and graduation. The study depicted that the highest number of respondents (36% Milkipur, 43% Masodha) was found in age category of 15 to 19 years belonged to nuclear families (68%, 72%) and having 5-7 members in their families (47%, 55%) Except all respondents were unmarried and general caste respondents were more in comparison to other categories of caste. The economic motivation and value orientations were observed of medium levels. The contact of respondents with class teacher among formal sources, family members among informal sources and news bulletins, television was observed important aware mass media. The agriculture was observed as main occupation of majority of the respondents families (55%, 37%) and having annual income of Rs. 75,000 to 1, 50,001(33%, 63%) An over whelming majority of the respondents were found using book as their main source of communication. As for as educational adjustment was concerned, the adjustment like medium followed by less and high were found to be more educational adjustment by the respondents.