IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Awareness of Human Rights Education among Undergraduate Students: An Analysis

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Dr. Jatindra Borah1, Bijuta Mushahary2, Alangkrita Sarma3

Abstract

Human rights are the rights which is inherent every person in this world regardless of caste, creed, race, sex language religion, ethnicity or any other status. Without the awareness of human rights nobody can fully enjoy their rights. Awareness on human rights among the individuals is the utmost thing to make the world a better place to live. So the present study is conducted mainly to know about the human rights awareness among the undergraduate students. The main objectives of this study is to access the level of awareness of undergraduate students towards Human Rights Education and to make a comparison of awareness of Human Rights Education among undergraduate students on the basis of gender, location, stream of study and caste categories. In the present study a total of 250 undergraduate students were selected from Tihu College of Nalbari District in Assam as a sample through simple random sampling methods. The data were collected with the help of self-made questionnaire developed and standardized by the investigator. The results were statistically analysed using mean, standard deviation and ‘t test. The findings of the study reveals that there is a significant difference is observed on the awareness of Human Rights among undergraduate students with regards to location (Urban/Rural) and stream of study (Science/Arts). And no significant difference was observed on the basis of gender and caste categories. From this study it is also found that the level of awareness of Human Rights of undergraduate students is average.

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