QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear
Students
,

I am currently preparing for my BA Sitar at the University of Mauritius. Aspartialfulfillmentof

my course, I am required to write an academicresearch on thesubject
Acriticalanalysisofthe
determinants affecting Sitar learning of students at different levels intheMahatmaGandhi
Secondary Schools.
This is mostly related to learning of Sitar in the Mahatma Gandhi
SecondarySchools.

The objective ofthestudyistoobtainyour personalviewsonhowyouviewthesubjectofSitarin

yourschool.

I should be grateful if you could kindly spare some of your time to complete the following
questionnaire by placing a
tick () in the appropriate boxes or by writing your answers in the
spaces provided where applicable. All responses given in this questionnaire will be highly
valuableforthepurposeofthisstudyand
willbetreatedinstrictconfidentiality.

SectionA:Backgroundinformation

Q1.INSTITUTION:

MAHATMAGANDHISECONDARYSCHOOL,SOLFERINO(MGSS,SOLFERINO)

RABINDRANATHTAGORESECONDARYSCHOOL(RTSS)

Q2.AGEGROUP:

1013YEARS

1415YEARS

1619YEARS

MALE:

FEMALE:


Q3.ACTUALCLASSOFSTUDY:

FORM1

FORM2

FORM3

FORM4

FORM5
LOWER6
UPPER6

GENERALINFORMATION

Q4.
Haveyou
repeated
anyofyourformclassif
yes
,whichone?

Yes
No

(pleasespecify)
.........................................................................................................................

Q5.
Inwhichcategorywouldyouidentifyyourself?

Hindu

Muslim

Telugu

Tamil

Marathi

Chinese

Catholic

Others
(Pleasespecifybelow)
:

Noneoftheabove
Donotwanttoanswer

Q6.
Didyoujointheinstitution
(Q1inthissection)
inForm1oratanotherlevel?

Yes
No

PleasespecifyifnotForm1.

SectionB

As you are aware, Music and Dance is compulsory in Mahatma Gandhi Secondary
Schools.ThissectiondealswhenyouwereinForm1andForm2.
Putatick(

)intheappropriatebox.

Q7.
WhichMusicandDancesubjectdidyouoptatForm1level?

VocalHindustani

Sitar

Tabla

BharatNatyam
Kathak

Q8.
Whomadethechoiceofthesubjectforyouwhenyoujoinedtheschool?

Parents
Myself

Others(pleasespecify):

Q9. Have you studied any Music and Dance subject before joining secondary school, for
example,childrencourseattheMahatmaGandhiInstitute,Moka?

Yes
No

Ifyes,whichsubject?.

Q10.
DoyourparentshaveknowledgeofIndianClassicalMusic?

Yes

No

SectionC

Tick (

) in the appropriate box to show how strongly do you agree with

each
of the
followingstatements.

Strongly Fairly Somewhat

Agree
Agree /NotSure

Rather Very
Weakl Weakly
y
/Notat
all

Your Sitar teacher has a big

contribution in making you love
thesubject.

My ethnic background helped me

understand the technical terms
easily.

Sitar helps me in my othersubject

areasatschool.

My parents support my sitar

learning.

My parents show interest in my

learningofthesitar.

ApproachestoLearningandExperience

Put a tick (

) in the appropriate box to show how strongly do you agree with

each
of the
followingstatements.

Q11.
Whattypeofmusicdoyouusuallyprefer?(Youcanchooseoneormorecategories)

Sitarmusic

Violinmusic

Mridangammusic

Tablamusic

VocalHindustanimusic

VocalCarnaticmusic

KathakDance
BharatNatyam
Motivation

Q12.
AreyoucurrentlyenrolledintheSitarcourse?

Kucchipudi

Yes
No

Ifyes,
atwhichlevelofthecourseareyou?

Certificate1

Certificate2

Certificate3

Advancecertificate1
Advancecertificate2

Q13. Are you aware that the Mahatma Gandhi Institute and its Regional Centres offer Sitar
coursesafterschoolhours?

Yes(ifYes,answerbelow)

How?

No

Sitarteacher

Parents

Friends

Siblings

Relatives(otherthanparentsandsiblings)

Newspaper

Brochures

Television

Internet
Postersatschool

Others
(pleasespecify)
.................................................................................................................

Q14.
Ifthecontacthoursatschoolarenotsufficient,wouldyouliketojointheevening
classesattheMGIoranyotherMGICentres?

Yes
No

SelfAppraisal

Q15.
Finally, how well do you see your performance in Sitar?
Please try to rate yourself
objectively,basedonthefeedbackfromyourteachersandgrades.Tick(

)accordingly.

Very
well

Well

Quitewell
7

About
average

Notsowell

Ratherbadly

Q17.
Anyothercommentsyouwouldliketoadd?

ENDOFQUESTIONNAIRE

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