A Comparative Study of Government and Private School Students on Their Critical Thinking and Study Habits

The authors have attempted to understand whether Government and Private school students of Mysore are differ on Critical Thinking and Study Habits. The study was conducted on the sample of 625 students of Mysore City in India using stratified random sampling technique. Results indicated that Government and Private school students differ on their critical thinking and study habits. Those students who were on Private schools had better critical thinking ability and study habits in favour of Government school students. It means, the critical thinking abilities and Study Habits of private school students are better than government school students.  It is being discussed that private institutions enjoy certain advantages against government institutions.