READING ATTITUDE AND INTEREST OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN RELATION TO GENDER AND LOCALITY

Reading is one of the most fundamental receptive skill a child needs to learn to succeed in life. Developing good reading habits is vital to child's everyday life which depends upon reading attitude and interest of students. The basic purpose of the study is to compare reading attitude and interest in relation to gender and residential status. The study adopted descriptive survey research. Stratified random sampling technique was used for selecting 200 students from 20 secondary schools. Percentage was used for analysis and interpretation of data. It is found that there were not any differences in the attitude of boys and girls. While compared to reading interest there is exist some variation in relation to gender. Again it is found that there is exist some variation in some aspects of reading attitude and interest in relation to locality