Emotional and Educational Adjustment of Secondary School Students in Relation to Their Gender

Abstract

 Education is the ability to meet one’s life. How the child adjusts with unstable situations determines the success of life. The child’s adjustment is determined by a  number of factors like Emotional, Social and Educational adjustment. The present study  aims to study the adjustment ability among secondary school students in relation to  their gender. The sample consists of 100 students with 50 boys and 50 girls which were  drawn by simple random technique from different schools (IX, X, +1 and +2) standard  of Bhoranj Block of Hamirpur district. The study was conducted by using descriptive survey method. Tool used in present study is developed by A.K.P. Sinha and R.P. Singh  “Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS).” Mean, SD and ‘t’-test were used as  the statistical techniques for the study. The findings of the present study revealed that  no significant difference exists in the adjustment of boys and girls of secondary school  students. However, present study indicated that mean scores of male students shows their better adjustment as compared to their counterparts.