Towards Excellence

(ISSN No. 0974-035X)
(An indexed refereed & peer-reviewed journal of higher education)
UGC-MALAVIYA MISSION TEACHER TRAINING CENTRE GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

EXPLORING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDINAL PATTERN AND MOTIVES OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Authors:

Jantu Das, Subhash Sarkar

Abstract:

This study was aimed to expose the attitudinal Pattern of Post Graduate students and their Motives of Community Service The participants were two hundred and six (N=206) Post Graduate students who completed Community Service survey scale developed by Rekha Rani and Punita Govil . The results of the survey were then arranged and analyzed by totaling its frequency and scores as well. The data were then statistically compared to ascertain difference, if any, between male and female in terms of their attitude towards community service, utilizing t statistics and some descriptive statistical techniques like skewness, kurtosis, mean, median, SD were also used as well. Results of the study indicated a very slight difference between male and female which was not able to reject the null hypothesis e.g. there is no significant difference between the boys and girls in terms of their attitude towards community Service as the data obtained regarding is not that much adequate to be statistically significant. The study also revealed that the majority (42.72%) of the respondents expressed to be neutral regarding community service while only 15.05% indicated to be in favour of community service and surprisingly a good numbers (22.33%) of participants shown alarming unfavourable attitude in serving community.  Implications and suggestions for further studies and some recommendations regarding are discussed.

Keywords:

Attitudinal Pattern, Community Service, Service Learning, Motives, volunteering,

Vol & Issue:

VOL.14, ISSUE No.1, March 2022