Coping Mechanism of Students from Vernacular Academic Background in A Technical Institute

Abstract

Abstract

This article reports a study on the problems faced by students coming from a Vernacular Background into a Technical Institute where the medium of information dissemination is mainly English. The motive was to analyze the problems in depth and understand the student’s personal Coping Mechanism at entry level (F.Y.B.E) and in the various years as they progress through four years of sustained education in the English medium and its success. The aim of this study is to structure a stronger and more viable coping mechanism which develops the overall personality of the student and makes him/her a more effective learner. The participants were 20 students each from FYBE, SYBE, TYBE, BEbelonging to both the English medium background and the vernacular medium Background. The Control Group consisted of 10 students from the Vernacular Background only belonging to SYBE. This Control Group underwent several sessions of interviews, counselingand training using a methodology conceived by the researchers. After a period of continuous training their results were analyzed. They showed a distinct and overall development. Their respective teachers also mentioned only positive effects in the students due to the alternate Coping Mechanism inculcated in them during the training sessions.