STUDY HABITS OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

This study intended to explore the study habit of senior secondary school students in relation to Gender and type of school in the Una District of Himachal Pradesh. The sample of the study selected through simple random sampling technique. The sample comprised of 200 senior secondary school students. Study Habits Inventory (SHI) by Chandel and Paliwal (2012) has been used in this study. The results showed that female senior secondary school students obtained higher scores on the Interaction dimension while male students scored higher on the Support dimension of Study Habits Inventory (SHI). The results also revealed that students studying in government senior secondary schools had better study habits as compared to students studying in private senior secondary schools especially on the comprehension and Task-orientation whereas students studying in private senior secondary schools had better study habits as compared to government senior secondary schools in drilling dimension.