Attitudes of the Villagers in the Post War, Special Reference to Mannar District

Abstract

In thirty years period of conflict became as main actor in Sri Lankan socio economic and political backgrounds. As the consequences of the conflict, Sri Lankan main streams had harmful damages. These damages directly affected to the development. North and Eastern province are the most conflict affected regions in Sri Lanka. North was the first conflict affected region. Eastern is the totally different from when comparing with North, conflict vulnerability totally wiped out from the Eastern province. Besides, this research is based on the study of the attitudes of people who had gone through the painful war happened in Sri Lanka. Hence, the main objective of this research is to identify the actual mental attitudes of the village folk and the improvement areas within the context of post war in North Sri Lanka. The universe and the sample are gathered from the area of Illuppaikadavai in Mannar district, Sri Lanka, an area where the war affected people lives. Both primary and secondary data were used to conduct this research. Primary data were collected through questionnaires and interviews with 35 participants. The study problem is to ascertain as to how be the thinking attitude and the views they hold in the post war context. Quantitative data were presented through the summary of the results for the statistical tests through charts and graphs when necessary. This study found that villages in Mannar district hold mental attitudes and they were lack in not only an educational knowledge but also in knowledge of social background. Hence the mentality of the public needs revamped in order to fulfill this task, mass media will have to play a major role. Affected people have reminiscences of the war situation. Action should be taken to change the mentality. Although the development work will not suffice thus, educational values and moral values should be given priority. At the same time, they should understand that all are Sri Lankans and must work as one family.