ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE TOWARDS EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF MATYARI AND HYDERABAD DISTRICTS

Abstract

While a great deal of research concerning the attitudes of public towards education exists throughout the world, there is scarcity of research on the measurement of attitudes of stakeholder towards education. Positive attitudes of educators, parents, teachers and students play a key role in the promotion and development of education in a country. This study is designed with a purpose to investigate the attitudes of educationalists, parents, teachers and students towards the education. The literature was reviewed with three main themes, that of the status of literacy, demographics of education in selected districts and relationship of school and community. The ten categorical variables were identified i.e., quality of textbooks, English as medium of instruction, examination system, quality of education, regularity and punctuality of teachers, facilities in schools, lack of motivation, corporal punishment, homework and Involvement of parents in education of their children. A sample of 210 students, 180 teachers, 120 parents and 120 leading educationalists was randomly selected for the study. Four different types of questionnaires were developed and validated to measure the attitudes of stakeholders. The data analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. It was found that the attitudes towards English as medium of instruction and corporal punishment were positive. On the contrary the attitudes towards variables of quality of textbooks, examination system, regularity and punctuality, facilities in schools, quality of education and on motivation were negative, however on the variables of homework and involvement of parents in education of their teachers stakeholders remained divided. On the basis of findings scholarly suggestions were outlined in the end of paper.