Impact of Medium of Instruction on Life Skills of school students
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
The present study aimed at assessing the level of life skills of school students and to investigate the impact of medium of instruction on life skills as well as gender differences in life skills.The sample comprised of 200 school students in the age group of 13-14 years from schools in Panaji-Goa. It was hypothesized that the students who had their primary education in mother tongue medium and those who had studied in English medium do not differ significantly on measures of life skills. A null hypothesis was proposed with regard to gender differences in life skills.To measure the life skills of the students Psychosocial Competence Scale was used. It was found that most of the students (73%) have average level of life skills, a few (11%) have high level of life skills and some of them (16%) have a low level of life skills. The results indicated the need for inclusion of life skill training programme in school curriculum for mental wellbeing of the students. The obtained t-value revealed that the students with primary education in English medium have significantly higher level of life skills than those who had primary education in their mother tongue medium. It was also found that the female students have significantly higher level of life skills than the male students.
Authors and Affiliations
Mukta A. Karamadi, Vijayalaxmi A. Aminabhavi
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- EP ID EP248775
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.2.3.2015.254-262
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