A comparative study of different pattern of educational system and its effect on the personality

Pages: 01-08
Shakti Desh (Child Psychologist, Sahara Welfare Foundation Academic Achiever Project, Lucknow, U.P.)
A. K. Srivastava (Rt. Head of Department, D.A.V. College Kanpur )

Present study was conducted to study the personality traits of adolescents studying in different pattern of education system. 400 adolescents randomly selected in the age range of 14 16 yrs studying in different classes from each type of urban educational institutions (Public & Convent English Medium, state Government and Govt. aided schools, Hindu Religious School & Pvt. Recognized Schools) were selected from Kanpur, Lucknow and Haridwar for the study . It included both male & female adolescents all the students taken in the sample at the three years of the stay in the institutions. personality inventory by Cattell and Beloff (1963) translated in Hindi by Kapoor and Rao was use for study. Result shows that Out of 14 factors adolescents were found differing significantly on factors i.e. B, C, E, G, J, Q2, Q3, and I. An important point to be noted is that Hindu religious schools were found to be promoting better personality traits among adolescents, in comparison to adolescents belonging to the rest of groups.