Self-Concept of Senior Secondary School Students in relation to their Gender and Types of Management of School in Sivasagar District Assam

Abstract

Self-concept is a part of personality as review of building concept for the self. Personality is the total configuration of characteristics; ways of feelings, thinking, and behaving that comprise the individual’s unique method of adapting and reacting to his environment. Self-concept in adolescent influences their development of personality. The objective of the study is- to study the level of self-concept of senior secondary school students and to analyze whether there is significant difference in self-concept of senior secondary school students of Sivasagar district of Assam in relation to gender and types of management of school. In the present study a representative sample of 100 senior secondary school students from Sivasagar district are selected. Out of the 100 sample, 50 male and 50 female are both from govt. and private school under Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. In the present study self-concept questionnaire was developed and standardized by R.K. Saraswat (2024) and personal datasheet (self-developed) was used. The result revealed that highest percentage of students has average level of self-concept. It also showed that there is no significant difference in self-concept of senior secondary school students of Sivasagar district of Assam in relation to gender and types of management of school.