STUDY OF GUIDANCE NEEDS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS

Abstract

A large number of students is going to schools, colleges and universities without perfect planning and guidance. They think of choosing a opportunity after completing their educational courses. Consequently, round pegs are inserted in square holes and square pegs at round holes, resulting in wastage of human services. Carter V. Good has said in Dictionary of Education (1959), while defining guidance, “Guidance is a process of dynamic interpersonal relationships designed to influence the attitudes and subsequent behavior of personsâ€. The main objective of this research is to study guidance need of Hindi and English medium student studying in secondary schools. 180 students (age group 14-19 years) were selected through disproportionate stratified random sampling method. Self made inventory was used to measure the guidance needs among secondary student. Findings of the study revealed that gender has no effect on the guidance needs of secondary school students. Further it was found that these was a significant different between overall guidance needs of students from Hindi and English medium secondary schools students.