Research

Background of Students

78%

22%

Background of Students

Cities Town/Villages

Highest number of student participants were from cities like Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Vadodara and Hyderabad.

Age group of Student Particpants

9 yrs 10 yrs 11 yrs 12 yrs 13 yrs 14 yrs 15 yrs 16 yrs0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

6.25

9.4 9.4

34.4

21.9

9.4

6.25

3.1

Age groups

Percent

Highest number of students who participated in Design for Change Challenge were in the age group of 12 to 13 years (~56%).

Gender

53%

47%

Percentage of male & female students

FemaleMale

The ratio of male to female students is almost 50:50 with number of female students slightly outnumbering the male students.

Reasons for entering DFC

Family Teacher told me To help others To Win0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Reason to enter DFC

Percent

Most of the students entered the contest to seize an opportunity to help their community and people around them.

Source of ideas for DFC contest

Internet Me Media someone's suggestion

Surrounding Community

Teacher0

5

10

15

20

25

30

3.2 3.2 3.2

12.9

25.8

6.4

Source of Idea

Percent

Maximum students found their ideas from surrounding community.

Nature of community projects undertaken

11%

11%

21%

29%

14%

7%

7%

Nature of community projects

AddictionAwarenessEducation/ LiteracyEnvironmental IssuesHelp challenged / lonely peopleResponsible CitizenSanitation

Environmental issues ranging from cleanliness, excessive use of plastic bags to global warming was most commonly felt community need closely followed various education and literacy related issues like educating poor children and need to make illiterate parents understand the importance of education.

How students felt?

Excited Motivated Hopeful Proud0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

21.27

36.17

10.64

31.9

Feeling at the end of the project

Percent

Excited Motivated Hopeful Proud Nervous0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35 33.33

20.63

12.7

23.81

9.52

Feeling at the start of the project

Percent

At the beginning of DFC most students were excited about what they were going to do and by the end much higher number was motivated and proud of their work.

Derivation from DFC

Helping peo

ple

Team-w

ork

Sense

of acco

mplishmen

t

Learn

ing new

things

0

2

4

6

Rank- what you liked

Rank

Students loved the new feeling, understanding and learning that participating in DFC gave them.

Reasons for winning

Suce

ssfully

met community

need

Help from others

Lucky

Good Documentation

0

5

10

15

20

25

3025

18.7

3.12

12.5

Why did you win?

Percent

Among the winning student groups most believed they won because they were able to identify and successfully meet a community need.

Important problems according to students

3% 3%

24%

27%

11%

8%

16%

3%3% 3%

Important problems in my community

Child Marriage Drug AddictionEducationPovertyglobal warmingDiseasesPollutionPrejudiceUnityNo problems

Lack of education / illiteracy and poverty are the most important problems in the community according to students

What students learnt from DFC

39%

18%

21%

21%

Learnings of DFC

Joy of Giving Team-workCompassionResponsible Citizen

Joy of giving was the most common learning students derived from the Design for Change Challenge.

Future participation

27%

73%

Would you like to do such work again?

No responseYes

73% percent of students would like to do such community service projects again with or without Design for Change Challenge.