A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS STUDENTS

Adolescence is a period of stress and storm where both boys and girls face many challenges in their lives. Adolescent students spend nearly eight hours in the school for their academic development. Hence school plays a vital role in moulding the personality of each individual. Hence, the present study aims to know and compare the level of student’s problem of adolescent boys and girls and emphasizes the need for life skills by adopting Descriptive Research Design. The researcher will administer Students Problem Inventory developed by Dr. Harkant Badami in 1977 and the reliability coefficient is 0.832.Hence the researcher has selected one boy’s school and one girl’s school for the study. The universe of the study consist of 400 students studying in IX standard and the researcher collected data from 200 students(boys ? 100, Girls ? 100) by using stratified proportionate sampling method and data will be analyzed and necessary life skills Intervention will be suggested to promote well being of school students.