Self-Concept among Students of Informal and Formal Educational System

The present study was conducted on the students of informal and formal educational system age ranging from 13 to 15 on a sample of 40, Nashik District, Maharashtra. The purpose of the study was to compare the level of self-concept of students of informal and formal educational system. Therefore, to measure self-concept, Pratibha Deo’s (1975) Self-concept List was administered on the respective sample, and it was found that students of informal educational system shown higher level of mean score than that of students of formal educational system. The obtained ‘t’  value is significant at 0.01 level. For the present study two groups design was used and also it was considered that students of informal educational system were under the impression of spiritually based philosophy of Swadhyaya Pariwar.