Different pattern of educational system effects on creativity of adolescents: A comparative study

Pages: 89-94
Shakti Desh (Department of Child Psychologist Sahara Welfare Foundation, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India)
A.K. Srivastava (Department of Psychologist, DAV College Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India)

The present study was conducted to study the creativity of adolescents studying in a different pattern of education system. A total of 400 adolescents randomly selected in the age range of 14-16 years studying in different classes from each type of urban educational institutions (Public and Convent English Medium, State Government and Government aided schools, Hindu Religious School and Private Recognized Schools) were selected from Kanpur, Lucknow and Haridwar for the study. It included both male and female adolescents all the students taken in the sample at the three years of the stay in the institutions. As per our finding in the present investigation Hindu religious schools have been found to provide best of atmosphere in their respective systems for development of creativity vice-versa it has been found of very low level in public and convent (Type A) schools, Central and State Government Schools too have not been found very high but they have provided significantly more better atmosphere in comparison to Public Convent English Medium and Private Schools.