Attitudes of rural students in higher education (With special reference to the Bangalore city)

Attitudes of rural students toward their society in which they live in. Apart from these, their attitudes toward various components of the social milieu are focused upon. Subsequently, these attitudes of the rural students are viewed in the light of other background variables to ascertain whether the attitudes. To investigate into the role activities of the university rural students and to ascertain the level of attitudes among the rural students. The area of the study has been confined to Bangalore City. The sample size of 250 rural students was drawn on the basis of simple random technique. Majority (56.8 percent) of them have reported that marriage is essential. However, it is fascinating to observe that nearly one-fourth (21.2 percent) of the sample, think that it is not essential. However, significant proportion (18.8 percent) of the sample reported being friendly with teachers. Being friendly should not mean confining the relationship to mundane affairs. Majority (66.8 percent) of the sample does not belong to any political party and only one-fifth of them reported they belong to some political party. Thus, students would like to go with the state of existing social situations. Students’ attitude towards dowry is another aspect examined in this study.