Journal of Education and Human Development

“Attitude of Government and Private School Students towards Geography Education in Calicut District of Kerala – A Comparative Study”
Sumesh. P. M., Prof. (Dr.) Abdul Gafoor. P. K.

Abstract
The study compares the attitude of Government and Private school students towards GeographyEducation in Calicut district of Kerala State. There are five objectives for the present study. 1-To compare the attitude of Government and Private school students towards Geography Education in Calicut district of Kerala State. 2-To compare the attitude of male and female students towards Geography Education at Government schools in Calicut district of Kerala State.3-To compare the attitude of male and female students towards Geography Education at Private schools in Calicut district of Kerala State.4-To compare the attitude of male students of Government and Private schools towards Geography Education in Calicut district of Kerala State.5-To compare the attitude of female students of Government and Private schools towards Geography Education in Calicut district of Kerala State. The investigator followed Normative survey method for the present study. For the purpose of data collection, an attitude scale (Attitude towards geography education scale-ATGES) constructed and validated by Abdul Gafoor.K and Sumesh.PM (2012)). The Researcher collected data from five government and four private schools in Calicut district of Kerala state, lndia. Total 510 students (257 male and 253 female) were selected as the sample for the present study. For the analysis of the collected data, investigator used the mean, standard Deviation and ‘t’ test as statistical techniques. The study reveals that the students of government and private schools significantly differ in respect of their attitude towards Geography Education. Government school students have better attitude towards Geography Education in Secondary schools of Calicut district when compared to private school students of same district.

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