Declaration

I hear by declare that the work reported in this thesis entitled “Impact of electronic device on

Social Development of Children in Mulpani, Birendranagar-3, Surkhet District” submitted to

research committee of Humanities and social science of Mid-Western University Surkhet, is my

original work done in the form of partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Bachelor in Social

Work.

Miss Sakuntala Thapa

(Researcher)

Social Work

Date: 2079-06-07

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 MID-WEST UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Central Department of Social work, Journals and Mass Communication

Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal

Recommendation Letter

This is to certify that Miss. Sakuntala Thapa has prepared this dissertation entitled “Impact of

electronic device on Social Development of Children of Mulpani, Birendranagar-3, Surkhet

District” under my guidance and supervision. This is an original work. Therefore, I have

recommended this dissertation to evaluation committee for the final approval and acceptance.

…………………………………

Mrs. Khagendra Adhikari

Thesis Supervisor

Department of Social Work (SW)

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 MID-WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Central Department of Social work, Journals and Mass Communication

Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal

Approval Letter

This is to certify that Sakuntala Thapa has conducted this study and prepared this thesis report
entitled “Impact of electronic device on Social Development of Children in Mulpani,
Birendranagar-3, Surkhet District” under the guidance and supervision of faculty members of the
Department.

This report is prepared as a partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Bachelor in Social Work
course from Mid-Western University, Nepal. This research report has been accepted and
recommended for final approval.

Name and designation Signature

(Mr. Khagendra Adhikari) ……………………………….…

Head of Department

(Miss Trishana Malla) …………………………………..

Internal Supervisor

(Mr. Khagendra Adhikari) ……………………………………

External Supervisor

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 Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the impacts of electronic device on children’s social

development at Mulpani, Birendranagar-3, Surkhet district.

In this study, which was conducted in Bhadra of 2079 B.S., 30 respondents having children and

device user were interviewed using simple purposive sampling methodology. A structured

questionnaire was administered to the respondents. The objectives of this study were to find out

impacts on social development of children due to excessive use of electronic usage and to find

out electronic device do the children use mostly. The study was limited in the area of Mulpani,

BNP-3, Surkhet, targeted to those respondents who have children and electronic device user and

completed in 30 households among 260 households according to senses in 2011.

The presented research focused to examine the extent of electronic device and its influence on

the social development of children. The findings of the study suggest that electronic device affect

in social development of children as they stuck to this device during any kind of program inside the

home and outside the home. Even if there is no internet or power, children want to spend their

time with device by using offline application instead of playing physical games, interaction with

family members or other people and engaging any kind of learning activities. Children are being

less socialization, less interactive and less involve in physical activities. The result indicates that

the electronic device has become an addiction among the young children.

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 Acknowledgments

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Department of Social Work for letting

me conduct this research.

I hold in high esteem the kind response and cooperation of all the respondents and other

supports of study areas. Without their unswerving help, the Research process could not have

moved forward.

I gratefully acknowledge contribution of my research guide Mr. Khagendra Adhikari for

the valuable advice and continuous support that she has given me throughout my research

process. I would also like to thank Mrs. Trishana Malla for his fruitful suggestion,

encouragement and guidance.

I would also like to extend the appreciation to all the faculty members of the Department

Social Work for the fruitful orientation before the field.

Sakuntala Thapa

23 September 2022