Title: Experience of students during peak traffic hours.
Author:
- Sandesh Ambhore: Roll No. 67
- Pranay Iswalkar: Roll No. 80
- Pritesh Mehtre: Roll No. 95
Introduction:
We are conducting a brief survey to understand the experiences of students during peak traffic hours. The primary aim is to gain insights into the challenges they face while commuting, including longer travel times, crowded transportation, parking difficulties, and overall stress. Your valuable input will help us identify specific issues and potentially improve the commuting experience for students in the future.
Objective:
This survey aims to gather insights and experiences from students during peak traffic hours to understand the challenges they face while commuting.
Literature Review:
Traffic Congestion: Its Effects to Senior High School Students
Traffic congestion has detrimental effects on senior high school students, leading to increased stress and anxiety due to unpredictable travel times, hampering academic performance through fatigue and sleep deprivation, posing health risks from air pollution exposure, disrupting time management, negatively impacting mental well-being and self-esteem, reducing participation in extracurricular activities, limiting parental involvement in school matters, raising environmental concerns, impeding cognitive development by limiting learning opportunities during commutes, and constraining social interactions and activities outside school; addressing these challenges requires measures like promoting alternative transportation methods, adjusting school schedules, and improving urban planning.
Assessing the Effect of Traffic Congestion on Education
The research aimed to understand how traffic congestion affects education in secondary schools in Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study involved 170 participants, including students and teachers, who answered questionnaires and were interviewed. Findings revealed that students believed their academic performance was suffering due to traffic congestion, while teachers’ performance seemed less affected. The study suggests offering official transportation for students and adjusting school schedules to tackle this issue. Further research is recommended to explore how traffic congestion affects students’ focus on learning.
Data Collection:
Based on the above problem following questions were asked to the students of Kohinoor Business School based on “Likert scale”-
1) I spend more than 2 hours in traffic
2) I lose my patience in traffic
3) I have to leave my house 1 hour early
4) I miss my lectures due to traffic
5) I skip my breakfast to leave early
100 students were surveyed.
For each Question – Mean. Standard deviation, Standard Error and Z has been calculated.
Data Analysis:
|
|
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
Question 4 |
Question 5 |
|
Mean |
0 |
-0.05 |
-0.05 |
0.07 |
-0.22 |
|
Standard Deviation |
1.333333333
|
1.35866096
|
1.36607526
|
1.46511626
|
1.37495638
|
|
Standard Error |
0.19245009
|
0.19610582
|
0.19717598
|
0.21147132
|
0.19845786
|
|
Z |
0 |
-0.25496439
|
-0.2535806
|
0.33101416
|
-1.1085477
|
Result: Neutral, the experiences of students with traffic and related challenges vary widely, with some encountering extended commutes, patience testing, and missed opportunities due to traffic, while others adopt strategies like leaving early or adjusting their routines.
Conclusions:
- Students are neutral towards spending more than 2 hours in traffic
- Students are neutral towards losing their patience in traffic.
- Students are neutral towards leaving their house 1 hour early.
- Students are neutral missing their lectures due to traffic.
- Students are neutral skipping their breakfast to leave early for college.
Reference:
Alvarez, M. (2017).
The Effect of Traffic to the Students of ICT 12-6 SY.2017-2018.Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/34930718/ The_Effect_of_Traffic_to _the_Students_of_ICT_12-6_S.Y.
Mugoro, J. (2014).
Transport problems for students and their effects on attendance incommunity secondary schools in Dar es salaam city, Tanzania”. Retrieve fromhttps://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33425269.
Adeokun, M. E., Olagunju, P. D., Olawoore, A. W., and Raheem, B. S. (2015). The causes, effect and possible solution to traffic congestion on Nigerian Road. Acase study of Basorum-Akobo Road, Oyo State. International Journal of Engineering Sciences in Reaction, 4: 10-14.
Agarwala, T. (2007). Strategic human resource management, New Delhi: Oxford University press.