A study of Educational Status and Related Factors Among Students Studying in High Schools Whose Parents Are Inflicted By Handigodu Syndrome in Shimoga District, Karnataka

Abstract

In the present article the educational status of the students studying in high schools whose parents are inflicted by Handigodu syndrome in Shimoga district, Kamataka were studied. The main focus of the study was to compare enrollment ratio and retention of SC/ST students in high schools in Shimoga district between groups classified as under: a. Students whose parents are inflicted b. Not inflicted, no genetic linkage students (Normal SC/ST student~)- Another objective was to analyse the perception of parents, teachers and students whose parents are inflicted about the educational facilities and provisions made by the government. The study revealed that the inflicted persons are socially deprived. The inbreeding practices followed together with physical disability further renders them socially and economically backward. As they have to earn their livelihood by means of labour, the physical disability hinders their capacity to work thereby depriving them of their bread and butter. The parents of the inflicted children are far away from the main streams of the society. The learning competency among the inflicted children is very less compared to the normal students. Because of the social and economic backwardness, the parents of the inflicted children and the children themselves are lagging behind in education.