A Study of Rural Secondary School Students on Adjustment

Abstract

Education as a means of adjustment enables an individual to balance his inner world with his outer one. The individual by the process of education learns how to satisfy his internal requirements without disturbing or harming himself and the external environment. National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes holistic development of an individual as it enables him to do well in his academic and nonacademic areas. The present study was undertaken to study and compare rural secondary school students on adjustment. The sample of the study consists of 160 rural secondary school students in which 80 were male and 80 were female secondary school students. Hosoces adjustment inventory was used as tool for data gathering. Percentage, Mean, s.d and t-test statistical techniques were used for data analyzing. It was found that male and female rural secondary school students do not differ significantly on adjustment.