EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF MUSLIM ADOLESCENTS: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MALABAR REGION

This study was conducted to identify the Major Educational Problems of Muslim adolescents of Malabar. Malabar is the six northern districts of Kerala in India. The sample consisted of 1009 students of Malabar for the first phase of study and 140 students for the Second Phase. Mooney Problem Check List was used for the first phase and self developed Questionnaire was used in the second phase of study as tools to collect the data. The statistical techniques used were percentageand Mean. In Kerala, the set up of guidance is in infant stage. Therefore, it hardly affected the educationally backward community’s. A few schools are conducted one or two guidance programmes in a year. Nevertheless, there is no separate guidance worker or counselor The result shows that the urgent need of Guidance for the adolescents of Malabar and the Muslim boys had more problems in Educational area of Guidance than girls.