Final Report of my Project
Internally/Externally funded projects A study on preferences to different reading and writing motives of tribal children in primary education of Tripura and Manipur . On the background of high dropout rate of Scheduled tribe students in primary schools and high illiteracy level among scheduled tribe population, this project investigated State and tribal community wise differences in reading and writing motive preferences in Tripura and Manipur. 559 data were collected through reading and writing motivation questionnaire (Dutta roy, 2003) from the major tribal communities living in the hill areas of two states. Results noted significant mean differences in reading and writing motive preferences by states, Sex and Grades. Significant mean differences in both dependent variables across tribal communities were noted. Results also revealed significant relationship of reading and writing motive preferences with socio economic variables and with individual characteristics. Findings will be us