[Assam] Assam - Perspective !

[Ram Sarangapani]

Mukul da,

Your points noted. I am not sure what the goal was for this particular
survey, but surveys can be beneficial when designed, managed and conducted
with precise, useful goals in mind.

Many general awareness surveys could give us an inkling to the direction we
are heading (say, whether children are interested in civic
responsibilities?)

Of course, some surveys by newspapers/magazines online are conducted  mostly
to interest readers (they can vent their feelings) and to increase
readership. (Like, is the Govt. doing a good job?).
I hope the people conducting this particular survey did not fall into the
same 'newspaper trap' :)

I thought this survey was too broad when the age of respondents ranged from
15 to 40.  I would think there could have been at least 3 distinct age
groups. The questions too, seemed to be all over the place, with no singular
purpose. It claims to be a general awareness survey, but the age group threw
me off.

Maybe its just me - I too did not think it produced anything, other than
some cursory interest.

--Ram



On 3/17/08, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Doctor Heal Thyself!
> If you think those  could not answer correctly  are "No Good"
> You can be floored If I send you 100!
> Q is ' Must we load our little brains with useless data'?
> Data is not Knowledge;
> Knowledge is not wisdom>
> mm> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:36:50 +0000> From: buluassam at yahoo.co.in>
> To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] Assam - Perspective !> > > > >
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Siddharth Barthakur <
> siddharthbarthakur at gmail.com>> Date: Jan 31, 2008 8:58 PM> Subject: Assam
> - Perspective !> To: siddharthbarthakur at gmail.com> > Dear All,> > A
> questionnaire-based survey conducted in later part of 2007 among youths in
> Assam has revealed that their general knowledge is below par.This survey
> was conducted by the monthly magazine for youth 'Jiban' among 2,270 students
> and youths in the age group of 15 to 40 in more than a hundred villages and
> towns across Assam. Editor of "Jiban" Mr Suresh Ranjan Goduka is a TATA-RGVN
> (Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi) senior fellow, who led the survey team.> >
> (1) 95 percent of the respondents do not know that there is a separate
> ministry for the northeast at the centre. 46 percent of those surveyed said
> there should be one! > > (2) What is more surprising is that 62 percent of
> the respondents were not aware of Assam's population while 73 percent did
> not have a clue about the state's literacy rate.> > (3) 38 percent of them
> did not know where money comes from at the ATMs, > > (4) A small 5 percent
> of those surveyed thought Sensex has something to do with sex!> > (5) At
> least 90 percent of those surveyed knew Baichung Bhutia is a footballer
> although 6 percent thought he was the king of Bhutan!> The only silver
> lining, according to the highlights of the Youth Awareness Survey, is the
> health awareness level among the youths.> (6) As much as 91 percent of the
> respondents knew that kissing does not spread AIDS and 93 percent were aware
> that jaundice is a water-borne disease.> What is amazing is the lack of
> awareness among those surveyed about several common facts concerning Assam's
> history and politics.> > (7) 37 percent of the youths surveyed did not know
> that the Assam Accord signed in 1985 to end the six-year-long
> anti-foreigners stir had set March 25, 1971 as the cut-off date for
> detection and expulsion of illegal migrants from the state.> (8) 27 percent
> of the respondents thought that the Saraighat Bridge over the river
> Brahmaputra in state capital Guwahati was built by a king of the Ahom
> dynasty that ruled Assam for 600 years starting 1,228 AD. This bridge in
> fact was opened to traffic in 1962.> Warm Regards.> > Siddharth Barthakur>
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