Open AccessA COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS EXPERIENCED BY ADOLESCENTS IN URBAN AND RURAL GOVERNMENT CO-EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS OF MALWA REGION IN PUNJAB, STATE OF INDIA
Author(s) -
Simranjit Kaur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i04.078
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , political science , socioeconomics , geography , economic growth , sociology , economics , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm
The purpose of the study was to assess the school environment as experienced by adolescents in urban and rural government schools of Malwa Region in Punjab, State of India. Descriptive survey method was employed to fulfill the objectives of the study. A sample of 200 adolescent students (100 boys and 100 girls) of class IX were selected from four randomly selected urban and rural government schools. School Environment Inventory by K.S Mishra (2013) tool was used to collect quantitative data and Interview technique was used to collect qualitative data from the respondents. The results of the study derived from the application of parametric tests displayed significant difference in the six dimensions namely creative stimulation, cognitive encouragement, acceptance, permissiveness, control and rejection of school environment experienced by adolescents in urban and rural government schools.