Attitude of Secondary Level Students towards Their School Climate

Abstract

The present study attempts to know the attitude of secondary school students towards their school climate. It explores their attitude with reference to certain demographic variables like gender, medium of instruction in the school and educational level of parents. The study has been conducted on the sample of 358 students studying at various secondary level schools of India. The tool of Hatboro-Horsham (2008) was adapted to meet the requirement of the present study. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the attitude of secondary school students with reference to their gender and medium of instruction. However, no difference has been found in the attitude of secondary school students towards school climate in relation to their parental education.

Keywords: Attitude, School climate, Secondary school students, Gender, Medium of instruction, Parental education