STUDY OF SKILLS OF TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR FAMILY ENVIRONMENT

Skills are the key in stimulating a sustainable development process. Development of the skills depends on many factors but in this study, the researcher has attempted to study the skills of technical and non-technical students in relation to their family environment. The researcher used descriptive survey method in this study. 300 technical students from poly-Technic colleges and it is and 300 nontechnical students from secondary schools of the Kumaun region were selected randomly. Two-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the collected data. The findings revealed a significant difference in the kills of technical and non-technical students as Non-technical students had higher skills as compare to technical students. Cohesive, expressive, conflicting, acceptance and caring, active recreational oriented and independent family environment had no significant effect on the skills of the students while organization and control dimension of the family environment had affected their skills significantly.