A Study On Home Environment Of Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

This study aims to examine the significance difference of the home environment on higher secondary school students. The present study was conducted on 600 higher secondary school students to find out the significance difference towards home environment, The Home Environment Inventory (HEI) developed by Dr. Karuna Shankar Mishra (revised in 2012).  Data were collected through a questionnaire and was analyzed with the help of SPSS. Mean scores, standard deviation and “t’ test were applied to the collected data. The study results indicated gender, locality of the school, type of management, nature of school and board of affiliation higher secondary school students have average towards home environment.   Further it is also revealed that there is no significance differences existed towards gender, type of management, locality of school, coeducation vs female, female vs male, state board vs matriculation and state board vs CBSE towards home environment. Their exists significance difference towards coeducation vs male and matriculation vs CBSE higher secondary school students towards home environment.