A study of self-esteem among senior secondary school students

Pages: 1098-1100
Deepak Singh (Rayat College of Education, Railmajra, S.B.S. Nagar, Punjab)

The development of the child is considered from the view point that what goes on in a school. Most of the parents seek their children to be sent for better schooling and particularly to schools with the best infrastructure and competent teachers. So, this paper examines the role of self-esteem in normal school settings among senior secondary school students. A sample of 200 students was selected through random sampling and was taken for the study of self-esteem of school students. Before entering adulthood, it is important for adolescents to develop high self-esteem which in turn helps them to develop their personality. The descriptive survey method was used for assessing self-esteem of students; a heterogeneous group of 200 students comprised of 100 girls and 100 boys related to age group of 15-18 years underwent assessment. In addition to this self-esteem was assessed by using Coopersmith Inventory (1987) with reliability of 0.82. The findings indicate that there exist significant differences between the self-esteem of students belonging to private and government schools. Self-esteem plays an important role in gender also. So, boys and girls differ significantly on self-esteem assessment also. It can be concluded that school environment influenced the self-esteem of secondary school students.