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Educational aspiration of adolescent learners: A comparative study in Assam, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Education, Sibsagar Girls’ College (Sivasagar), Assam, India

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 12, Issue (2), Pages 1-6, July,2 (2023)

Abstract

Educational aspiration refers to the educational goals a person sets for himself. Level of educational aspiration means where and how an individual sets his targets for achievement. The present study intends to have a comparative study of educational aspiration between boys’ and girls’ adolescent learners in terms of gender, locality, involvement of teachers and parental encouragement. Descriptive survey method was employed. 200 samples were collected employing stratified random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using statistical techniques like Mean, SD, t-test and Chi-square (x2). The results showed that there is no significant difference of level of educational aspiration between boys’ and girls’ higher secondary students of classes XI and XII with respect to gender, locality and involvement of teachers. But significant difference was found between them in case of parental encouragement at 0.01 level of significance. This research is expected to disseminate information to the stakeholders to pay more attention to increase level of educational aspiration of adolescent learners.

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