OPINION OF TEACHERS AND ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS IN JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS TOWARDS MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION –A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

The present study was conducted to know the opinion of teachers and attitude of students in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya towards multicultural education. Multicultural Education is a field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aims to create equal educational opportunities for students from diverse racial ethnic ,social-class and cultural groups. One of its important goals is to help all students to acquire the knowledge, attitude and skills needed to function effectively in a pluralistic democratic society and to interact, negotiate and communicate with people from diverse groups in order to create a civic and moral community that works for the common goal. The sample for the study was 52 teachers and 350 students in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas from Waynad, Kannur ,Kozhikode ,Malappuram and Thrissur district. The investigator used as an open ended interview schedule for collecting data from teachers and a scale on multicultural Education used for students.Qualitative analysis and ‘t' test was used for analysis.Study revealed that teachers have a highly favourable opinion and significant difference between male and female students towards multicultural education.