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The Impact of Girmit in Contemporary Fiji: Insights from a Pilot Study

This presentation shares survey findings on the relevance of girmit in modern Indo-Fijian youth, evaluates their knowledge, and discusses future steps. The study involved university students and revealed insights on girmit descendants' awareness and opinions.

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The Impact of Girmit in Contemporary Fiji: Insights from a Pilot Study

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  1. Relevance of Girmit in Contemporary Fiji: Results of a Pilot Study International Conference - Indian Indentureship and Girmitiya Descendants: Past, Present and Future (22-24th March, 2017) The University of Fiji, Lautoka. By Subhash Appana, AtishwarPandaram & Shavneet Sharma

  2. Aims of Presentation • Share survey results on the relevance of girmit in contemporary Indo-Fijian youth • To evaluate and discuss the knowledge of girmit in contemporary Indo-Fijian youth • What to do from here?

  3. Methodology • Sample survey in university classrooms among students • 8 research assistants with an approximate timeframe of 60 minutes • Nothing said about the content of the questionnaire except that it had to do with Indo-Fijian students • Respondents not allowed to consult or communicate with each other while filling the questionnaires

  4. Findings • 78% of respondents declared themselves as descendants of girmitiya. 8% said they were not, and 14% were not sure • Only 13.3% declared their level of knowledge of girmit as better than average • 0.05% said that they learnt about girmit at school • 80% of respondents had seen photos linked to girmit, while 20% had not seen any girmit-linked photos • Most of the girmit photos have either been seen at the Museum or Syria Park (19/60)

  5. Findings • 50% of respondents said they had no knowledge of girmit monuments; 3% said they were not sure; while 47% said “yes” • Girmit monument location was scattered all over the place with not one respondent saying: Syria Park of Girmit Centre • 72% said that it was “important” or “very important” to know about girmit • 82% said that girmit was “important” or “very important” to Fiji • 87% agreed that girmit should be included in the school curriculum

  6. Where to From Here?

  7. Questions/Comments? Vina’ava’levu Thank you Dhanyavaad SubhashAppanna 22/3/2017

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