Self-confidence of public and private school students

In the present study an attempt was made to find out self-confidence of secondary school students in relation to gender and types of school. The following objectives were laid down for the present study, to study and compare the self-confidence between boys and girls secondary school students; to study and compare the self-confidence between public and private secondary school students. The following hypotheses were formulated for the present study; there will be no significant difference in the self-confidence between boys and girls secondary school students; there will be no significant difference in the self-confidence between public and private secondary school students. In the present study the students studying in secondary schools of Banaskantha District. Sample consisted of 200 secondary students. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample of students from secondary schools in Banaskantha District of Gujarat. For data collection, self-confidence inventory (1971) was used to measure the self-confidence of Students. Test-retest method was used to determine thereliabilityof the instrument. Reliability coefficient of 0.75 obtained. Descriptive statistical measure like mean and standard deviation were used in order to describe the nature of the sample taken. Inferential statistics t-test were used for the purpose of inferential analysis. The result indicates that; There is significant difference in the self-confidence between boys and girls secondary school students. There is no significant difference in the self-confidence between public and private secondary school students.