Reeba George, (2015) A Study to Identify School Readiness in Pre School Children 3 to 4 Years. Doctoral thesis, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
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Abstract
This study aimed at finding the prevalence of children who are ready for school, both by gender and age. The study also aimed to study if the predictive factors for children who were not ready for school was different when compared to children who were ready. This chapter summarises the findings of the study in keeping with the objectives of the study. • The overall prevalence of children who were ‗ready‘ for school was similar to other studies from developed countries on the domains of Arts and scientific thinking and was comparable to the data from similar socio demographic sample. The prevalence of children being ‗ready for school‘ was higher in the domains of Personal Social development and Physical development and Health. The prevalence of children ‗ready for school‘ was lower on mathematical thinking and language and literacy. • The prevalence of girls who were ‗ready‘ for school was higher than boys who were ‗ready.‘ This was seen on all the domains of school readiness. The means performance of boys and girls on all domains were also statistically significant. This difference was evident in other large scale cohort studies (ECLS, 2001). • The older age group of children (42-48 months) were more ‗ready‘ for school than the younger age group. The percentage of children in the older age group who were ready was more than triple than in the younger age group. Younger children were 5 times more at risk for being ‗not ready‘ for school. • Among the socio economic and socio demographic predictive variables in the present study, maternal education and the location of the residence were predictive of school readiness. Maternal education was reported as an important predictor in other studies. • Among the child related variables IQ and academic performance in class were predictive of poor school readiness. Antenatal complication of PIH and neonatal complication of low birth weight and birth asphyxia were significant predictors of poor school readiness. Higher parent involvement and the non- suspect home environment were predictors of school readiness. • The availability of resources and the teacher‘s qualifications did not have a significant association with school readiness. The number of hours a child spends in school (<4 hours) and the number of children in the class were important predictors of school readiness in children. • Logistic regression of the significant variables from the socio-economic and demographic factors, child related factors, parent and home factors and school showed age, gender, IQ, academic performance, maternal education, location of residence, pregnancy induced hypertension, birth asphyxia, low birth weight, home environment and parent involvement were significant predictors of school readiness. The association of these variables with school readiness was reported in other studies but the present study is one of the few from India on school readiness and probably the only one to have analysed all these factors comprehensively.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | identify school readiness, children, between 3-4 years, upon school entry. |
| Subjects: | Respiratory Medicine > Paediatrics > Respiratory Medicine > Paediatrics |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2019 16:36 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2022 16:21 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/11755 |
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