A Comparative Study of Vocational Interests of Secondary School Students in Relation to their Gender

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjali Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Vocational Interest ◽  
Significant Difference

Students all over the world at some points have to make a choice of profession for sustaining their livelihoods. If the chosen profession is according to their choice, they can excel in their field of work. In the present scenario, students and their families are more concerned about their future. In this regard, a study has been conducted to know the vocational interests of Secondary School students concerning their gender. Through this study, the researcher has tried to know and acknowledge the vocational interest of secondary school students in relation to their gender. The simple random sampling procedure selected a sample of 100 students (50 Boys and 50 Girls) reading in various schools in the district of Meerut of Uttar Pradesh state. A standardized tool developed by Bansal V. P and Srivastava D. N. (1975) named “Vocational Interest Record” was used for the collection of primary data. The data were analyzed with the help of Mean, SD, and t-test to study the vocational interests of secondary students. The result revealed that there existed a difference in the vocational interest pattern of secondary school students in different vocational interest areas. The result also revealed that there is a significant difference in the vocational areas of secondary school students in relation to gender variation.

FISHING ACTIVITIES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RACHUONYO NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 109-117
Author(s):  
GRACE AUMA OJIJO ◽  
Lucy Kibera
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Government

This study investigated the influence of fishing related activities on academic performance of secondary school students in Rachuonyo North Sub-County. The specific objectives were to examine the activities associated with fishing and determine how they influenced academic performance of secondary students in the Sub-County. The study targeted students and principals of the 49 secondary schools in Rachuonyo North Sub-county. The research used simple random sampling to select 14 public secondary schools and 20 Form Three students from each of the sampled schools. The total sample size was 292 respondents. Primary data was collected and analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods and then presented in tables in percentages. Data analysis was done using SPSS and the Microsoft Excel software. The study established that students participated in fishing activities while attending school. Major fishing activities that students engaged in included: actual fishing an agreement  index of 82.9% of students; repairing of fishing nets which was supported by 74.2% of students; setting of nets in the lake which was supported by 84.4% of students; and removal of fish from the nets which was agreed to by 83.9% of students. Some (91.7%) of the students believed that their counterparts who engaged in fishing activities tended to perform poorly in their classwork.  The study has recommended that parents, School Boards of Management and the communities along the beaches collaborate with each other in order to keep students from engaging in fishing activities for this likely to improve school attendance and academic performance of students. The Government should enforce compulsory basic education as well as provide it free to all children at this level of education.

scholarly journals Academic Achievement of Adolescents In Relation To Parental Encouragement

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ms. Bilkees Abdullah Puju
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Parental Encouragement ◽  
Significant Difference

The present aimed to investigate the academic achievement of adolescents in relation to parental encouragement. The respondents were secondary school students of district Baramulla of Kashmir. A sample of 200 secondary school students (N=100 boys and 100 girls) by employing simple random sampling. Descriptive survey method was employed; Parental Encouragement scale and Total scores of students in previous class were taken as measure of academic achievement of secondary school students, t-test and multiple correlation were employed to analyze the data. The study revealed that (a)there exists significant relationship between academic achievement and Parental Encouragement of students, (b) there is significant difference in Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls, (c) show that significant difference in Parental Encouragement of Boys and Girls students, (d) shows that the boys of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the boys of rural area, and(e) shows that the Girls of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the Academic Achievement of Girls of rural area.

scholarly journals Prevalence and risk factors associated with depression among higher secondary school students residing in a boarding school of North Kerala, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Urmila K. V. ◽  
Usha K. ◽  
Mohammed M. T. P. ◽  
Kavitha Pavithran
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Background: Depression is very common among higher secondary school students. This study is to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in higher secondary school students in a boarding school of North Kerala; to identify associated risk factors; to compare the prevalence depression between those attending and not attending additional tuition class for competitive exams.Methods: This cross sectional observational study was conducted among 130 students residing in a boarding school of North Kerala during the period 2014-2015. CES-DC scale was used to measure the prevalence of depression. All of them were reassessed after 1year of entering the school with the same scale.Results: The prevalence of clinically significant depression was seen in 57.7% and the prevalence was more in those attending the tuition class (p=0.0068). Depression was more in girls and still higher in girls who attended the tuition classes (p=0.035). There was significant correlation between the prevalence of depression and stream of subjects selected (p =0.001), previous academic achievement (p= 0.01). The scores of depressions didn’t show any statistically significant difference after one year of stay in boarding school.Conclusions: Severity of depression correlates with academic stress especially in boarding schools. Stress of competitive exams definitely more in higher secondary students and is one of the important cause for depression in them. Adolescents are not acquiring enough coping skills to overcome depression. Enhancing the coping strategies and the rescheduling of the educational system are the most important factors for prevention of these symptoms.

scholarly journals Impulsiveness of Different Sociometric Groups among Secondary School Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shafeeqa bano
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference

The present study aimed at investigating “Impulsiveness of different sociometric groups among secondary school students”. Initially the sample consisted of 2000 secondary school students (girls) of Aligarh district. After that through simple random sampling, four sociometric categories i.e., Populars(100), Neglectees(100), isolates(100) and rejectees(100) were drawn and taken as the final research subject. The test developed by Sharma (1970) was used for drawing sociometric categories. To study Impulsiveness among these sociometric categories, the scale developed by Rai & Sharma(1988) was used . The finding of the research indicated that no Significant difference was found among four Sociometric groups ( i.e., populars, neglectees, isolates, & rejectees)” and between the two sociometric groups i.e., populars & neglectees, populars & isolates, populars & rejectees, neglectees & isolates, neglectees & rejectees, isolates & rejectees on the variable of impulsiveness.

scholarly journals Impact of Educational Intervention on Secondary School Students’ Knowledge, Practices and Attitudes Regarding to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed1 ◽  
Amel abd Elaziem Mohamed ◽  
Thorea Mohamed Mahmoud ◽  
Seham Mohammed AbdElaziz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Coronavirus pandemic disease 2019 is considered an emerging respiratory disease that is highly infectious and is caused by coronavirus and was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Coronavirus has affected educational systems worldwide and led to the total closures of schools, universities, and colleges, in the middle of March 2020. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of educational intervention on secondary school students’ knowledge, practical knowledge and attitudes regarding to COVID-19. Methods: A pre/post quasi-experimental design was adopted. A total of 260 students were selected at secondary school students in Sohag City in the study from 20 April to 2 May 2020. The tools utilized in this study consists of: A self-administered questionnaire which contains four parts to assess secondary school students' demographic, knowledge regarding COVID -19, the attitude toward COVID -19 and practice regarding COVID -19 and health education Arabic booklet was prepared by the researchers. The COVID-19 related questionnaire was designed using Google forms regarding the COVID-19, the link of the survey was sent to the respondents via Facebook and Whatsapp groups. Results: A statistically significant difference between secondary students' knowledge attitudes, and practices before and after educational intervention. 202 (77.7%) had a poor pretest attitude level followed by fair (20.0%) and good 6 (2.3%). In the posttest, all 260 students had a good attitude level which improved after educational intervention implementation. (57.7%) had poor pretest practice levels followed by fair (38.3%) and good 10 (4.0%). Recommendations: It is important to encourage cooperation between educational institutions, medical care providers, and health personnel to educate secondary school students about COVID-19.

Comparative study of achievement motivation and self-concept of secondary school students

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naik Dinesh P. ◽  
Ahirrao Kiran D.
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference

The present study "Achievement Motivation and Self-concept of Secondary School Students" was investigated to find the comparison between Self-concept and Achievement Motivation of High Achievers and low Achievers of Secondary School Students. Data for the study were collected using Self-concept Questionnaire developed by Saraswath (1984) and Achievement Motive Test (ACMT) developed by Bhargava (1994). The investigator used simple random sampling technique for selecting the sample. The sample consists of 150 Secondary school students. For analyzing data "t" test were used. Findings revels the significant difference between High Achievers and Low Achievers in respect to Achievement Motivation and Self-Concept of Secondary School Students. Computed 't' = 1.34 dose not shows significant differences on achievement motivation, still high achievers scored high on achievement motivation than low achievers, whereas on self concept differences were found as 't'= 4.30 found significant at 0.01 level.

scholarly journals ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS LIFE SKILL EDUCATION IN BALASORE DISTRICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (65) ◽  
pp. 15231-15239
Author(s):  
Satyabrata Das
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
T Test ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference

Today’s children live in a very complex environment. They are exposed to various problems in their adolescence period like smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual abuse, poverty and early pregnancy etc. To face all these challenges, life skill education plays an important role. So life skill education finds a special place in today’s school curriculum. Therefore there is a need to study the attitude of secondary school students towards Life skill education. Hence, the study was taken with two objectives:(1) To study the attitude of secondary students towards life skill education.(2) To compare the attitudinal score towards life skill education between boys and girls. In order to study the above objective the researcher took 100 sample that is 50 boys and 50 girls from Balasore district through random sampling. The descriptive survey method was used by the investigator to carry out research work. He used a 5 point attitude scale by following the Likert attitude scale for the data collection. For the statistical analysis of data the researcher used mean, standard deviation, inferential statistics and ‘t’ test. Results revealed that there is a positive attitude of secondary school students towards life skill education. And another interpretation through ‘t’ test revealed that there is significant difference between the attitude of boys and girls towards life skill education. Thus, the above result clearly revealed that the life skill education has large impact on secondary school students and the girls attitude was better than the boys towards life skill education.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ECONOMICS IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
M Rajakumar
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
School Students ◽  
Emotional Maturity ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean

The aim of this study is to find out the Emotional Maturity and Achievement in Economics of higher secondary students in Tirunelveli District. 1060 Higher secondary students were taken as sample. The tool used to find out the Emotional Maturity is constructed and standardized by Emotional Maturity Scale Constructed and Validated by K.M.Roma Pal (1984). The Academic achievement in Economics was found out using the tool constructed by the investigator. The mean value of Emotional Maturity scores (136.53) indicates that the higher secondary students are having extremely unstable Emotional Maturity, The mean value of Achievement in Economics scores (M=75.47) indicates that the higher secondary students are having high Achievement in Economics. There is significant difference between male and female, Day scholar and Hostel staying Higher Secondary students with respect to their Emotional Maturity. There is no significant difference between rural and urban, Government and Aided Higher Secondary school students with respect to their Emotional Maturity. There is significant difference between male and female Higher Secondary students with respect to their Achievement in Economics. There is no significant difference between rural and urban, Day scholar and Hostel staying, Government and Aided Higher Secondary school students with respect to their Achievement in Economics.

scholarly journals DISCIPLINARY AWARENESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5(SE)) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
R. Rakulan ◽  
V.A. Malathy
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Level

School students need clear boundaries: boundaries that adults - parents as well as teachers - must set. We cannot abdicate our responsibility when students move outside those boundaries. To do that is to betray children, because the consequences of bad behaviour are so damaging It is the duty of the parents and teachers to create disciplinary awareness. The study aimed to examine the disciplinary awareness among secondary school students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the disciplinary awareness among school students. For this study a sample of 300 school students from 5 Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Udumalpet town of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that 28.33% of the school students belong to low level of disciplinary awareness, 43.66% of school students the belong to moderate level of disciplinary awareness, 28% of  school students belong to high level of disciplinary awareness. Also it is found that there is a significant difference in attitude towards disciplinary awareness between male and female among school students. Females possess better disciplinary awareness than male students.

scholarly journals Gender differences in anger expressions among secondary students

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1100
Author(s):  
Nor Shafrin Ahmad ◽  
Rahimi Che Aman ◽  
Ahmad Zamri Khairani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anger Expressions

Individuals with choleric temperaments easily get angry and can be problematic if not expressed appropriately. The purpose of this study was to identify gender differences in anger expressions among secondary school students. Respondents were secondary school students in four states in the Northern region of Malaysia. A total of 3348 students were involved, including 1,800 males and 1,548 females. Respondents aged between 13 and 16 were randomly selected from 20 secondary schools. Descriptive analyses and t-test were used to identify anger expressions among secondary school students. Findings showed that 780 respondents agreed that they are hot-tempered, while 2568 others did not. From the 780 hot-tempered respondents, 370 are males and 410 are females. A total of 3160 from the 3348 respondents did not meet their school counsellors for counselling sessions when they had anger problems. The findings also revealed a significant difference in four types of anger expressions between male and female students. They were in aggressive, verbal, intrinsic anger expression, and intrinsic anger control. The findings revealed that school counsellors need to equip students with specific, creative, and innovative interventions to cope with different anger expression.

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