Home Ecological Set up as the Barriers for the First- Generation Learners in the Plateau Fringe of India
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barriers, desire, encouragement, Factor analysis, First-Generation Learners, Home ecology, Mediation model.
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Human ecology is investigated in the diverse and complicated directions as it opts to intensify not only the relationship between man and its physical environment but also the socio-economic environment. Therefore, home ecological set up as the most intriguing factor for the access and success of school education of the plateau fringe areas of India is analyzed under the backdrop of first-generation learner. Taking a sizeable number of purposive sample descriptive statistics is employed to reveal the drop out and social category of the first-generation learners. Factor analysis is adopted to glean out the dimensions of learning environment at home. Mediation model assesses the impact of poverty on parental attitude towards the educational success of their wards.
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