A study on educational aspiration among school students in regard to gender and medium of learning

Pages: 1685-1687
Anjana Bhattacharjee and Rebeka Debbarma (Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura (West))

The present study investigated the level of educational aspiration among school students. The research sample comprised of one hundred and twenty subjects (N = 120) who were categorized in two groups. One group comprised of 60 male students and the other group comprised of 60 female students. All of them were selected purposively from two Government schools of Agartala of which one was English medium school and the other was Bengali medium school. Data were collected by Level of Educational Aspiration Test (LEAT). Results showed significant difference among male and female students in regard to their level of educational aspiration. However the study did not find any significant impact of medium of learning on the level of educational aspiration of school students.