APPENDICES 291 APPENDIX A QUESTIONNAIRE AND OPINIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS. Note:- (1) Please answer all the questions. (2) The information will be used onlj/- for the research purpose. I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Name of the School 2. Age of the Student 3. Class 4. Native Place - Village Town: District: State: 5. I-Jhere do j^ou stay usually, in your (a) Village: (b) In any other cit}/’: 6. Are j'-ou a boarder? Yes No II. FAMILY BACKGROUND Fill in the information in the following columns abest your family members (Father, Mother, Brothers, Sisters, Uncles). S.No. Relation Educational Occup- Income Perman- Present with you Age Qualificat- ation per nent place ions month place of of staying staying 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 292 (a) Is there any other source of income of j'-our father? Yes/No. If yes, give the details: Source; Amount: IlDiJ'Jhat do your parents want you to become in your life? iil-Jhat would j'-ou like to become in your life? Why? IV. REGARDING PREFECTORAL SYSTEM 1. Are you a perfect in your school? Yes No 2. If no, do you want to become a perfect? Yes No If yes, why? If no, Why not? 3. How is a prefect selected? By a) Voting in class b) Selection by the class teacher c) Selection by the house Ilaster d) Selection by the Principal and staff? e) Any other way 4. IJhat is your opinion about your perfects in general? (Put a tick mark in the appropriate column, where a-Very much b-much c-not at all) a b c i. Helpful 1 1 1 ii. Authoritarian tendency iii. Intelligent | | | iv. Selfish 293 a b c V . Ability to inspire others 1 vi. Sportmanship | | | vii. Ability to maintain discipline 1 v iii. Arrogant 1 ix. Self disciplined | V. REGARDING FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE HOSTEL VJhat is your Opinion regarding the following aspects of your school hostel? (PLEASE CHECK THE APPROPRIATE COLUMNS WITH A TICK MRK) a-Excellent b-good c-fair d-poor e-ver)?^ poor a 1 b 1 c d e a. Dormitories/Rooms 1 b. Furniture 1 C. Lights 1 1 d. Fans 1 e. Study Room I I I I f . Toilet rooms 8. Drinking water h. Indoor games 1 1 i. Recreation T.V. 1 2 ,Radio 1 1 1 3 .Reading room 1 1 1 4 .News papers & 1 1 Periodicals. 294 j. Dinning Hall 1. Cleanliness 2. Dinning table | chairs etc. 3. Utensil & Crockery 4. Food k. Medical care VI. REGARDING FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOL What is your Opinion regarding the following facilities in your School? (PLEASE CHECK THE APPROPRIATE COLUMNS WITH A TICK MARK) a-Excellent, b-Good, c-fair, d-poor, e-very poor a b 1 c d 1 e 1. School Building 2. Sitting arrangement: benches, desks etc. 3. Black board 1 4. Light and fans in class rooms | 1 5. ASSEMBLY HALL i. Stage | i i . Mike & Speakers iii. Curtains iv. Chairs of Studen­ ts 6. Play grounds 7, games equipments 8. Swimming Pool 295 a 1 b c d e 8. How the hobbies are conducted in your school. i. Music: Instrumental ii. Carpentary | ii i . Gardening iv. Electronics, computer | V. Horse Riding | 1 vi. Drawing and Painting vii. Metal work viii. Clay modelling ix. Aero-modelling X. Any other 10. Library: i. Reading room ii. Newspapers | ii i . General books | iv. Periodicals 1 1 1 V. Reference books 11. Laboratory 1 12. Personal attention paid 1 towards students. 13. correction work done by the 1 teachers. 14. House activities 15. School functions a. Sports day | | 1 b. Cultural Programmes c. Any other | 1 16. teachine learning process | 1 1 1 17. Student - teacher relationship | 296 VII. CHOOSE ONE RESPONSE ALTERNATIVE FROM THE THREE GIVEN AFTER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONAL DISCRIPTIONS. 1. Suppose a school employee's son is studjring in your School and the employee dies in an accident. There is no one to give the son financial support. VJhat do you suggest about the education of his son? a) He should study privately or join a Govt, school which is less expensive. b) He should stop his studies and do some job. c) All students should raise the fund forhis school education. 2. Your classmate is caught while copying in the examination His year might be wasted. What do you feel about the incident? a) Now-a-days copying is common, so the teacher should neglect it. b) The teacher has done his job well. The boj?- should be punished to check theevil of copying. c) All boys should bo3?-cott the examination in protest of the teacher's action. 3. A piece of land is to be cleared to bushes and levelled to make a plai^'-field. There is a proposal that each class would do some work turn wise to make the pla^^-field. How would you like the idea? a) School can employ labours to do such jobs. b) Manual work is not a job of an educated person. I I dislike to work in mud. c) It is good exercise and an enjoyable job to work for oneself. 4. There is a craze among the young doctors, engineers, and other professionals to go to foreign countries for earning money when there is a lot of work to be done in villages of our country. \Jhat do you think about this brain drain? a) Money counts everything in this v7orld and there is nothing wrong in going to foreign countries for earning money. b) It is the prime duty of citizen to serve his nation first even though one is not paid handsomely. c) Village life is very hard and uncomfortable. I am not used to such life. Moreover there is no prospect in villages. One who is used to such life and job may go for it. 297 5. There is severe drought in a part of country. Govt. is tr^^ing to meet the situation but it is a huge task. Help from every corner is needed. Would 5''ou like to give donations, a) One must help in such natural calamities, I will contribute and mobilise the public for collecting donations. b) If an area is often prone to drought, people should vacated the place and Govt. should rehabilitate them. c) A permanent solution should be found out over such problems by building dams, canals and storing the surplus water drained off in the rainy season. APPENDIX-B 298 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS Note: 1. Please use separate sheet wherever space provided is not enough. 2. The information given will be kept confidential and used for only research purpose. GENERAL INFORMATION: 1. Name Z. Educational Qualification 3. Professional Qualifications 4. Total number of years of experience 5. Which classes do you teach at present? (Please mark in relevant columns) Classes 10 7. Which co-curricular activities are you incharge of? Name them please : 8. Mention your present pay scale. 9. Mention your present monthly salari^ : R s , 10. Mention if you are Confirmed 299 Probationarj/- Temporary Part Time 11. When are you confirmed after joining the present School? 11. Do you think your job is Secure here? Yes No 12. If no Why? 13. Is there facility for staff Children's education : Yes No If yes, (a) How many children are given conces- ssion. : (b) Proportion of concession ; 14. Is there provision for Teacher's section in the Library? : Yes No If yes, do you make us of it? Yes No 15. Wh-att 'type o^ books you have read during the year 1989-90? (Please ark and name them) : a) Text books and content knowledge. : Names: b) Books regarding Education or Serious reading : c) Books which come under light reading : (No need of names) 16. DO YOU HAVE FREEDOME IN : i) Framing syllabus Yes ( ), No ( ) 300 i) Preparing teachin Schedule : Yes ( ), No ( ) iii) Adopting your own method of teaching? : Yes ( ), No ( ) iv) Punishing a student? : Yes ( ), No ( ) v) Promoting or detailing a Child? : Yes ( ) No ( ) Vi) Organising Co-Curricular activities? : Yes ( ) No ( ) vii) Any other activity (if so, please mention) : Yes ( ) No ( ) 17. What is the frequency of Staff-meeting conducted by the Principal/Head-Master in your School every year? Periodically Occasionally Rarely i) Weekly { j ( ) ( ) ii) Fortnightly ( ) iii) Monthly ( ) 18. Do teachers express their view in staff-meetings? Yes ( ) No ( ) 19. What topics are usually discussed in the Staff-m<^etings? (please put mark against your responses) i) appointment of staff members _______________ ii) academic discussions • _______________ i i i ) disciplinary problems in the Sch-^ol _______________ iv) annual social functions _______________ v) results of the periodical examinations _______________ vi) results of the annual examinations _______________ vii) Any other _______________________________________________________________ 20 How are the decisions taken in the staff-meetings? i)By majority ____________ ii) By the principal himself ignoring the staff _________ iii) By consensus giving everj?- member full opportunity to express ------ cont..4 . 301 iv) By just announcing the decisions already taken by tlje Sc^ppl authorities v) By any other way (Plaase Specify) Z l . What is the atmosphere of the staff-meetings in your School like? (a) encouraging _____ (b) not encouraging _____ (c) depressing _____ 22. What is your observation about the aspiration of your students? 23. Have you worked in any School other than a public School prior to this School? Yes ( ) No ( ) If yes, what difference do you find in the of other School and the Public school? i) Administration : ii) Teaching material : iii) Discipline • iv) Work-load «• v) Co-Curricular Activities : Vi) Student-Teacher relationship: v i i ) Profectorial system 24.