Concept Paper

 

ACADEMIC CONCEPT PAPER

“Focusing on establishment of library to lower dropout rates in SEE”

 

Introduction

Libraries can help a lot of students in their academic studies for all groups but mainly for the SLC or now known as SEE appearing students. SEE is a secondary level examination with a high value. Getting good grades in the SEE examination can sure give rise to many opportunities to the students. In my knowledge in our village Golanjor Ward no 8, there are rarely any libraries. The government school is the only educational institution there, and the school doesn’t even have a library. They lack financial support and are hardly able to run themselves properly. Students appearing in SEE level examination don’t have much references for their study which explains the poor performance of the students in my village. With a proper library with even few reference books can help the students improve their grades. The dropout rates in SEE is also increasing in my village as student think they can’t do much in the examination and just quit. Library can help reduce the dropout rates.

 

Need of this Study

It is estimated that more than 100 students dropout during SEE every year in my village due to poor education. Most of them are from low-income family with poor lifestyle. Many students cannot even afford books or have time for reading in the village. With the establishment of the libraries in my village, the people from poor family will be able to get access to the books and other materials required for their SEE examination and thus reducing their mentality of dropping out.

Background

Several surveys conducted in the village has shown that 80% of the reason for the dropout of students in SEE level is due to low income. With this in mind Leo Club (2013) distributed text books and copies for the SEE appearing students with great success. However students still said how they lacked other materials for study and most of the students also had to go work in the fields which gave them less time to focus on studies. Therefore to eradicate the problem even further Red Cross Nepal (2015) launched a campaign around the village focusing on the importance of education for children as well as the value of SEE certificate. The campaign was named “सबै साक्षर बनौ”.

With many succeeding campaigns and distribution programs still the dropout rates haven’t dropped much. They are all lacking the environment for them to study properly which very much library can provide. The government school was also established for the new leap in educational sector in the village.

 

Objectives

The  research  paper  seeks  to  achieve  its  general  objective  of  lowering the dropout rates of SEE appearing students by focusing on the following specific objectives:

• ·  To determine the effectiveness of the role of educated students in the development of the village sector.
• ·    To help students achieve their dreams of higher education by providing quality lower educations.
• ·    To make parents more supportive of education for their children.
• ·  To create a clean and silent environment for the students to learn, discuss, share their opinions and ideas as well as problems.
• ·    To create an educational community.

Research Questions

• · Does having a good and silent environment with all the necessary study materials motivate students to study?
• ·  What are the views of parents and guardians regarding this matter?
• ·   Do parents not question the decision of the SEE drop outs in the village?
• · Do students in village sectors not get enough opportunities in the educational fields?

 

Methodology 

The  study  intends  to  use  cross  sectional  survey  design  in  determining  the impact of the establishment of library on the quality of education the students get.

The study will sample 5 local wards and 3 VDC’s in Ghurmi, Sindhuli out of a population of 1 thousand which are mainly in village area settings excluding the headquarters areas. The study will collect both primary and secondary data, and the quantitative data generated will be analyzed using descriptive statistics which will include percentage distribution, mean and the frequency counts. The qualitative data from the study will undergo transcription and reported in themes and sub-themes. The relationship between the independent and dependent variables will be explained through multiple regression. Thus giving us an exact value from the data with graphs and tables.

 

Research Timeline

The project is expected to compete in 17 weeks with the following indicated as the activity’s durations for every section of the research project:

Research Section                                                          Duration

1. Title                                                                             1 week

2. Introduction                                                                 1 week

3. Need for this Study                                                      2 weeks

4. Background                                                                  3 weeks

5. Objectives                                                                    1 week

6. Research Questions and or Hypothesis                       1 week

7. Research Methodology                                                2 weeks

8. Data analysis interpretations and discussions              3 weeks

9. Summary conclusion and recommendations               2 weeks

10. Reviewing work for final submission                       1 week

 

References

Leo club (2014). Books distribution campaign.

https://e-leoclubhouse.org/sites/kathmandusamakhushi/

Red Cross Nepal (2015). “सबै साक्षर बनौ”. Campaign