ADJUSTMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND HOME-ENVIRONMENT

Adjustment within the home environment can significantly impact education, with gender playing a role in how individuals navigate these dynamics. Factors like family expectations, cultural norms, and access to resources can shape one's educational journey differently based on gender. Creating an inclusive and supportive home environment is essential for fostering academic success and personal development, regardless of gender. Certainly, the interplay between adjustment, home environment, education, and gender is complex and multifaceted. In this paper, an attempt has been made to study the adjustment of senior secondary school students in relation to their home environment and gender. For the present study, the investigator adopted the Survey method and selected 1200 senior secondary school students as a sample. Mean, Standard Deviation, and t-test were the statistical techniques used for analysis of data. The study revealed that there may not be a significant difference between the mean adjustment scores of senior secondary school students with higher and lower levels of home environment. This indicates that any observed difference in mean scores could likely be due to random variation rather than a true difference in population means. Further, this study revealed that gender does not play a significant role in determining adjustment levels among students in this study.