Educational Aspiration of Adolescent Students in Relation to Home Environment

Abstract

Adolescence is a critical phase in life and is the period of growth and development. In the present study, an attempt has been made to understand the level of educational aspirations of adolescents in relation to their home environment. The sample of this study consisted of 200 students selected from SBS Nagar. Home environment scale by Akhtar and Saxena (2013) and educational aspiration test developed by Khan (1999) were administered to collect the data. The results revealed that i) no significant difference in educational aspiration among adolescents with respect to gender ii) significant difference exists between educational aspirations of adolescents with respect to type of school iii) significant difference exists between home environment of adolescent boys and girls iv) significant difference exists between home environment of adolescents with respect to type of school v) educational aspiration is significantly and positively correlated with home environment of adolescents.