Gender Impact of Personal Values among Secondary Level Students: A Critical Analysis

Personal values are core ideas that shape attitudes and behaviours. They define what is important and influence decision-making, helping to shape one’s identity, relationships, and overall life path. In this study, the main objectives on personal values and its dimensions commitment, challenge, problem-solving, group work, discipline, hard work, honesty, punctuality, self-dependence, and cooperation of secondary level students impact on gender disparities in West Bengal. Using a Cross-sectional survey study design to collect data from different districts of West Bengal. This study, a total number of 350 samples collect through randomly basis of secondary level school students. Results also revealed that Except Problem solving and discipline the dimensions of personal value female students have showed higher personal value than male students and commitment the dimensions of personal values were found to be statistically significant. In summary, this study provides vital knowledge about how personal values develop in teenagers, with a particular focus on the impact of gender and the need for fairer educational approaches in West Bengal.