Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of Pranayama and Meditation training on academic achievement and leadership of Deaf and Dumb students. Fifty deaf and dumb male students (25 each in Experimental and Control group) were selected to act as subjects for this study of age ranging from 13-18 years from Deaf and Dumb school, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh). All the subjects were selected through simple random sampling technique. Twelve weeks of pranayama and meditation training were given to the experimental group. The control group was not allowed to participate in any of the pranayama and meditation training programmes, except their routine schedule. In the present study Pranayama (Anuloma-Viloma and Bhramari) and Meditation (Mindfulness) acted as independent variables and Academic achievement and Leadership acted as dependent variables. Academic achievement and Leadership was assessed by Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality Series (MDAPS) developed by Sanjay Vohra. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used with pre data as covariate to find out the significant difference, if any, between the groups on both selected criterion variables separately. The statistical analysis revealed that there was significant difference in Academic achievement and insignificant difference in Leadership at 0.05 level of confidence between the control and experimental group of deaf and dumb students. The study concluded that Pranayama and Meditation may be beneficial in improving Academic achievement and may not be effective in improving Leadership of Deaf and Dumb students.
Key words: Deaf, Dumb, Pranayama, Meditation, Academic achievement & Leadership
Author’s- Mr. Arjun Singh Solanki, Dr. M.K. Singh