Open AccessA Study of 9th Grade Students’ Perception Regarding School Climate
Author(s) -
Roopa Vats
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-602X
pISSN - 2395-6011
DOI - 10.32628/ijsrst1962112
Subject(s) - school climate , perception , feeling , scale (ratio) , psychology , mathematics education , social psychology , geography , neuroscience , cartography
The Present Study was focused on study of perception of school climate among students of 9 th grade. This study helped to understand the feelings of students’ regarding the school environment where they spend five to six hours per day. School climate is the quality and attributes of a school. It includes school’s rules and regulation, norms, behavior, support system, expectations etc. Everything that is a part of school environment, which eventually plays an important role in shaping the overall personality of children, falls under the category of school climate. The subject of the research concerns the perception of school climate among 9 th grade students of North – West zone in Delhi. This study was conducted on 120 students (60 each from both schools). Students’ perception regarding school climate was studied using ‘The School Climate Scale’ developed by Dr. Shivender Pratap Singh & Dr. Ali Imam. This climate scale consists of 18 statements of on five point scale namely strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree ranging from 5 points to 1 point respectively. The responded respond on the various aspects of climate in school such as freedom, cooperation, motivation, enjoyment of schooling, discipline, health and hygiene, fee structure, equal opportunities, support of faculty and administration. The findings of the study indicates that majority of students have fairly good and satisfactory level of perception regarding the climate of school. In addition it was found that teacher’s and faculty support, discipline, opportunities provide a positive impact on students. In addition to this it was found that 9 th grade Government and Private school students have different perceptions about the school climate. On the other hand, on the basis of mean values, it was observed that private school students have significantly better perception towards school climate in comparison to their government school counterparts.