Intrinsic motivation among school-going female adolescents of different socio-economic status under Sabooj Sathi Scheme

Abstract

In the realm of educational research, the concept of intrinsic motivation stands as a pivotal construct. An intrinsically motivated individual engages in an activity propelled by inherent satisfaction rather than an external reward. The Sabooj Sathi Scheme, an initiative focused on the gratuitous distribution of bicycles, caters to secondary level students in Government and Government Aided schools as well as Madrasahs in West Bengal. In order to discern the prevailing landscape of intrinsic motivation among female beneficiaries of the Sabooj Sathi Scheme across diverse socio-economic strata, the researcher undertook a comparative analysis of intrinsic motivation levels between high socio-economic status and low socio-economic status female beneficiaries. In this descriptive survey data was collected by administering adopted Intrinsic Motivation Scale by Lepper, Corpus, & Iyengar (2005) and Socio-Economic Status Scale by Sunil Kumar Upadhyay on randomly selected 200 female school-going adolescents from different secondary and higher secondary level schools of Purba Bardhaman district. A comprehensive examination was undertaken through descriptive analysis. The study's revelations indicate a lack of noteworthy disparities in intrinsic motivation scores between the two groups across various domains, namely Challenge, Curiosity, and Independent Mastery. From this, one may deduce that the Sabooj Sathi Scheme has wielded a favourable influence, fostering the enhancement of intrinsic motivation among female adolescents attending school, particularly those hailing from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.