COVER LETTER

773 WestMinster Avenue

La Parfaite Harmonie
West Bank Demerara,
Georgetown,
2017/12/29

Dear Sir/Madam,
The researcher is a 6th Form student of The Bishops High School. The researcher
would be conducting a Research to obtain raw data for the field study to aid in the completing of
the Sociology School Based Assessment which is based on “The Effects of male
underachievement in La Parfaite Harmonie”.

The School Based Assessment is needed to obtain marks for the researcher’s CAPE Examination
in 2017. Your names will unknown and all information obtained will be kept confidential and
only for the sole purpose of completing this Research.

Yours Truly
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 QUESTIONNAIRE
You are Kindly Asked to Place a Tick in the Boxes next to the Answer.

1. What is your Gender?

Male Female

2. To which Religious Sector do you Belong?

3. What age Category do you fall in?

14- 16 17-18 19 – 20 Over 20

4. What Ethnic Group do you belong to?

African Chinese East Indian European Portuguese

5. What category of percentage represents the number of males in the population in La Parfaite
Harmonie?
10%-20% 30%-40% 50%-60% 70%-80% Over 80%

6. Upon Average, how many of these males are enrolled into an Educational Institution?
10%-20% 30%-40% 50%-60% 70%-80% Over 80%

7. Males and Females communicate differently, do you believe that schools should approach
both genders with the appropriate technique to ensure effective learning ?
Yes No

8. Within educational institutions , which gender is more ubiquitous in the teaching profession
and give reasons for your answer .

9. Do you believe that males align educational activities and confirming to the rules and
regulations with masculinity?
Yes No
10. What do you believe would most likely propel males inability to draw a line between
education and Masculinity?
Socialization Self Fulfilling Prophecy Family Values

11. When males are being rejected from schools either due to bad behavior or inability to learn as
fast as other students which will most likely be the path they take ?
Crime Promiscuous behavior Drugs Self Development

12. Do you believe that males underachieving and ultimately leaving school indirectly increases
rates of teenage pregnancy and crime ?
Yes No

Give Reasons for your answer :

13. Do you believe that males failing academically and psychologically is the base of many
/majority of the social issues that currently affects the livelihood of society ? State & Give
Reasons for your answer

14. How can the rate of males underachieving be reduced in La Parfaite Harmonie and the
Caribbean at large? Give recommendations that can be applicable

15 . What can be done to change males perspective on the educational system and their importance to
the stability of society ?
15 . Feminization of male’s professions and the household has occurred due to the aid of
government policies. What measures can be applied to counter this problem?