Educational Aspiration of Secondary School Students of Namchi District, Sikkim
Author : Nabin Manger and Monalisha Chettri
Abstract :
Educational aspiration is a lifelong process which reflects one's desire to achieve educational goals. It provides hope, encouraging individuals to strive for success. The present study aims to study the level of educational aspiration among secondary school students of Namchi district of Sikkim. And also to find out the difference between gender, locality and management with regard to educational aspiration of secondary school students of Namchi district. Descriptive Research Method was used in the present study. Secondary School Students from both the private and government schools of Namchi District were taken as the population of the study. 100 sample consisting 25 girls and 25 boys from both the private and government schools were taken as sample by applying simple random sampling technique. It was found that the majority of secondary school students of Namchi District of Sikkim has average and above average level of Educational Aspiration. There was no significant difference between Gender (Girls and Boys) and locality (Rural and Urban). However, there was significant difference between private and government secondary school students with regard to Educational Aspiration.
Keywords :
Educational aspiration, secondary school students
