Child Participation in Child Clubs and Social and Personal Development Of Children (A Case Study of Lalitpur District)

Abstract

Children have various social and personal development needs which should be fulfilled in order for them to grow into socially responsible and personality well-adjusted and capable adults who can take on important social and professional roles in the society and provide a dynamic leadership to it child club as a children's own organization isapotentially powerful institutional instrument for the development ofchildren. This research study explores the social and personal development impactsthat are associated with the membership of CCs, and identifies the social, personal and membership characteristics that can be attributed to those effects. Findings of the study are based on three child clubs, in which 103 club members participated and get their responses on a questionnaire that contained 21 statements related to the four major dimensions of their personal and social development: awareness of socialissues, personal and social skills, critical personal attributed and personal and socialbehaviors. Findings suggest that there is active participation of girls in the club but the membership is largely skewed in favor of senior educational grade, dominant caste group and middle income group children. Members are associated with the club for varying length of time usually spend three hours every week. Membership of CC is associated with the moderate development of personal and social skills and be haviors of children and some improvement in their awareness of social issues and criticalpersonal attributes. Age, educational level and length of membership progressively relate to the development benefits higher their properly greater the probability forgetting more benefits. Gender and caste structure display the general pattern dominant caste group children experiencing findings development of children in the society for the management of CCs and for further research in this area are discussed.