A STUDY OF ADJUSTMENT STYLE AND ATTITUDE OF TRIBAL STUDENTS TOWARDS HIGHER EDUCATION

Education is the main source for progress and development of society in which any community resides. People are prepared to cross boundaries to get sound education wherever it may be. However moving from home to get primary, elementary, and secondary education at Jawahar Navodya Vidhyalyas in Himachal Pradesh is a better option due to facilities available to the students. Proper adjustment is required for all round development of the students in a new environment.Those students may grow in a harmonious environment which can develop strong attitude towardshigher education among them. Role of teacher and environment both are highly required and inevitable for achieving this target. Staying away from home at adolescent period is much crucial for students which require better adjustment styles and proper guidance.It is widely recognized that if pupils want to maximize their potential from schooling, they require the full support of their parents and family. The parents should play an important role not only in the promotion of their own child’s achievement but more broadly in school environment and democracy of the school authority. The purpose of this paper is to examine adjustment styles and attitude of Tribal students studying in Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalyas (JNV) and to find out the adjustment styles of tribal students in residential Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalaya schools. Purposive random sampling technique was adopted to collect the data for present study. The participants of the study were those who enrolled in JNV which is located away from the tribal area. For this empirical study, data were collected from Tribal students studying in JawaharNavodayaVidyalaya which is located about 60 kms away from tribal area, and the data wereanalyzed with the help of percentile and t-test.This paper highlights the findings on adjustment and attitude of tribal students of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. An attempt has also been made to provide suggestions to develop positive attitude towards higher education among tribal students.