A STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF METRIC EDUCATION SCHEDULED CASTE STUDENTS

Education is the only tool that enables the individual to develop knowledge value skills and attitudes. It is the foundation of a person's socio-economic development. Socio-political and wealth sharing is the channel to eliminate discrimination. Education is the basic tool for the fulfilment of the goals and objectives of each individual, and the protection of human rights. Especially among the socially and economically backward classes, undoubtedly, social reforms and education have the power to analyze the causes of their socially impoverished lives and create opportunities for them to thrive in society.

Education is the only tool that enables the individual to develop knowledge value skills and attitudes. It is the foundation of a person's socio-economic development. Socio-political and wealth sharing is the channel to eliminate discrimination. Education is the basic tool for the fulfilment of the goals and objectives of each individual, and the protection of human rights. Especially among the socially and economically backward classes, undoubtedly, social reforms and education have the power to analyze the causes of their socially impoverished lives and create opportunities for them to thrive in society.

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According to the present constitution, the Scheduled Castes are the people who have been deprived of economic, political, social and educational opportunities due to the traditional Indian society. Even today, 74 years after India's independence, the group has been subject to fraud. Not adequately participating in the country's development trajectory. There is a need for sociologists to think and formulate programs in order to liberate this group of people from problems. Achieving any mass economic, social and educational development is very important in today's modern society. The educational and social level is a crucial factor in determining the development of Scheduled Castes, Weaker Tribes and Minorities. The level of literacy is an index that indicates the development of any group. The second index that determines development is the high attendance of a group of children at various levels of formal educational institutions.

Literature Review:-
Moggalli Ganesh (1991) is a well-cited work in the context of a research study, which depicts the social life of dalits and the exploited classes who have embraced modernity. In this work, dalits have been living their lives under various disqualifications and exploitation since ancient times. Gnash Magalia presents us with a detailed account of how the dalits have undergone change in the present day under the influence of education, political social reservation and industrialization, urbanization, modernization and westernization in defence of the constitution after independence. Dr. Chinnaswamy Sosale N (2012) In his book Life of the dalits educating people to prevent atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Tribes and make them thrive in life is important The most important thing is to educate them When they are educated their duties, responsibilities and dignity are well known. Forced caste students are sent to school leaving the school within a short time. The government has been giving many benefits to dalit children in recent times and it is the responsibility of all government employees and parents to utilize those privileges to get higher education.

Objectives of the study:-
The main objective of this study is a sociological study of the family social and economic status of Scheduled Caste Matriculation students. The primary objectives of the present study have been to look into this issue (especially in relation to Chikkamagaluru district). 1) Studying the Background of Scheduled Caste Undergraduate Students. 2) To know the financial background of the Scheduled Caste family of undergraduate students.

Method Of Research:-
The scope of the present study is a sociological study of the family social and economic status of Scheduled Caste Matriculation students. (Especially with respect to Chikkamagaluru District).Seven talukas of Chikkamagaluru district were selected for the present study, namely Chikkamagaluru, Kadur, Tarikere, Koppa, Sringeri, Moodigere, Narasimharajapura.The primary source of questionnaire, observation, interview and literary secondary source is used for data collection.

Analysis of data
Data analysis is the practice of classifying information according to the purpose of the study.The primary and secondary data used for information in the present research were collected, coded, listed, indexed, and analyzed by statistical methods. SPSS software was used for data analysis in this study.    Table 3 lists the family of informants whether your current education is concerned.95.0 per cent of the study's total population of informants said the family was concerned about their current education.97.6 per cent of student informants said yes when it comes to gender and 91.7 percent of student informants said yes. Overall, most informants' families are concerned about their children's current education. It also appears that the family of the student-informed informant is more concerned about her daughter's current education.   Table 4 (1) summarizes how family conflict has affected your education. The study found that 45.7 percent of the total population had no informants,40.7% of informants said that they were frequent, and 13.7% of informants said yes.44.9 percent of student informants, to some extent, have noted gender50.4 percent said no student informants. Overall, the number of strife in the family of informants has a slight impact on education.  Table-6 details how the informants' family responsibilities affect your education. The study found that 45.0 percent of the total population of informants was on a daily basis, 33.3 per cent of informants said it was for higher learning, and 21.7 per cent for informants. Of these, 45.1 per cent of student informants were concerned with day-to-day learning when considering gender44.9 per cent said student informants had more learning. Some informants said education was affected by family obligations.

Conclusion:-
This study mainly focuses on assessing the social, family and economic status of Scheduled Caste Matriculation students.Social, family, and economic conditions are factors that directly influence student learning.Therefore, an attempt has been made to understand these aspects in the sociological context.Depending on the background of Scheduled Caste undergraduate students,Despite many constitutional and legislative privileges from the beginning, the class is still economically and socially backward.The findings from this study show that despite their economic and family problems, there is increasing incentive and attention to children's education.