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JUNE 2011<br />

INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS VOL 3, NO 2<br />

respondents. The researcher spent 3 days in Birir valley. In the end, the researcher went to the<br />

valley of Rumbur. The road which led to the valley was blocked on account of land sliding. So<br />

the researcher went to the valley of Rumbur on foot after passing the distance of 9 kilometers.<br />

The Kalash of Rumbur were also very friendly and hospitable. They also showed their full<br />

interest and co-operation during the course of data collection. The researcher spent 2 days in<br />

Rumbur valley.<br />

The researcher also visited all the schools situated in three Kalash valleys. The staff of all the<br />

schools co-operated with researcher.<br />

4. Findings of the Study<br />

Silent findings of the study are given below:<br />

• Majority (55.2%) of the respondents were less than 45 years.<br />

• Literacy rate (6.24%) among the respondents was extremely low.<br />

• Almost all (97.92%) of the respondents’ wives were illiterate.<br />

• A heavy majority (87.6%) of the respondents were cultivators.<br />

• Majority (63.5%) of the respondents used to have interaction by verbal conversation<br />

with the people of nearby areas.<br />

• A heavy majority (84.4%) of the respondents had visited the outer cities/towns.<br />

• An overwhelming majority (70.4%) of the respondents spent more than one month in<br />

outer cities/towns.<br />

• An overwhelming majority (76.0%) of the respondents had friendship with non-Kalash.<br />

• The heavy majority (86.3%) of the respondents or their non-Kalash friends often<br />

participated in the marriage or birth ceremonies of one another.<br />

• An overwhelming majority (68.5%) of the respondents had or their non-Kalash friends<br />

often visited one another’s houses.<br />

• Among the respondents (91.7%) who had sons, a very heavy majority (96.6%)<br />

considered education necessary for their sons.<br />

• Among the respondents (83.3%) who had daughters, a very heavy majority (80.0%)<br />

considered education necessary for their daughters.<br />

• Among the respondents (96.6%) who wanted to educate their sons, a substantial number<br />

(45.9%) aspired higher level of education (B.A. and above) for their sons.<br />

• Among the respondents (80.0%) who wanted to educate their daughters, a very heavy<br />

majority (79.9%) aspired Matric level of education level for their daughters.<br />

• Among the respondents (96.6%) who wanted to educate their sons, a very heavy<br />

majority (95.5%) were willing to send their sons to outer cities/towns for education.<br />

• Among the respondents (80.0%) who wanted to educate their daughters, the majority<br />

(56.3%) was not fully willing to send their daughters to outer cities/towns for education.<br />

• Majority (55.9%) of the respondents were not willing to donate a piece of land for<br />

building a school.<br />

• Majority (54.2%) of the respondents were willing to settle down in any outer city/town<br />

(Semi-permanently) for providing educational facilities to their children.<br />

• A heavy majority (79.2%) of the respondents were ready to take loan to meet the<br />

educational expenses of their children.<br />

• Only a minority (38.5%) of the respondents were willing to sell their land to meet the<br />

educational expenses of their children.<br />

COPY RIGHT © 2011 Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research 1502

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