Validation of a Scale to Measure Parental Perception and Attitude towards Private Tuition

Private tuition has become increasingly prevalent worldwide, reflecting parental motivations to augment traditional education.This study aimed to validate a scale for measuring perception and attitude of parents towards private tuition.A comprehensive scale is developed by the study through rigorous psychometric validation, which include item analysis using t-test and Cronbach's alpha.The investigator deliberately selected fifty (50) parents from West Bengal for item analysis and one hundred seventy-six (176) parents for calculating Cronbach's alpha.Through item analysis, eleven items in the perception scale covered five dimensions, and fifteen items in the attitude scale covered six dimensions have been retained for the final scale.The highly significant Cronbach's alpha values on the attitude scale were 0.79 and the perception scale's Cronbach's alpha was 0.81.The findings of this study are expected to contribute significantly to our understanding of the motivations driving parental decisions regarding private tuition and their implications for educational equity and student outcomes.