A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HIGHER MENTAL ABILITY OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE URDU MEDIUM SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF AURANGABAD CITY

The present study is an attempt to examine a higher mental ability in science among Urdu medium government and private secondary school students in Aurangabad city. The sample of the study was selected by Stratified Random Sampling method which includes 300 students of Urdu medium secondary school students (120 private Urdu medium school students and 180 government Urdu medium school students of Aurangabad city). Tool used for the research was standardized ‘Test of higher mental ability in science (THMAS)' by Dr.D.N. Sansanwal and Anuradha JOSHI. Research finding reveals that the higher mental ability in science of with respect to The Application, Analysis, synthesis & Evaluation ability government Urdu medium school students was found to be average. The Application, Analysis, Evaluation ability in science of private Urdu medium school students was found to be average, whereas the Synthesis ability respectively was found to be low. Result also revealed no significant difference between application analysis, evaluation ability of government and private Urdu medium secondary school students and significant difference was found between synthesis ability of government and private Urdu medium secondary school students