A STUDY ON ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Due to technological advancement/progress in the present centaury, student behave like a machine demanding excessive concentration & speedy reaction. It is a great challenge to the student' personality development & adjustment. Therefore, good adjustment plays a pivotal role & helps in well physical & intellectual development. Now days the family, the school, the college, the educational institutions & the society are also complex that the students are facing a lot of problems in their daily life in relation to their adjustment. It is the responsibility of the researcher, the teacher as well as the parents that the problems should be identified very soon & immediate measures should be provided to the student for the betterment of their lives. The present study was conducted on secondary school student. The main objective of the study was to identify the adjustment problems among boys & girls of secondary school in Navi Mumbai. A sample of one hundred & twenty- five student was selected randomly from secondary school in Navi Mumbai. Adjustment inventory by M. N. Palsane was administered. ‘t' -test was applied to find the significant difference of adjustment across different variables. Analysis of results indicate that there is significant difference in total adjustment in boys & girls of secondary school. The study revealed to those significant differences in home & family, personal & emotional & social adjustment in boys & girls of secondary school. There is no significant difference in education & health adjustment of boys & girls of secondary school.