Volume 5 : Issue 1 (2018)

A STUDY OF SELF ESTEEM OF THE STUDENTS DURING TRANSITION FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY SCHOOL

The purpose of the research was to investigate the self esteem of students during transition from primary to secondary school in relation to gender and area of school. The data was collected from 229 students twice, primarily when they studying in class VIII and again when they entered in class IX. The schools were situated in Anand district of Gujarat. For measuring the Self-esteem of the students for the present study, the researcher has used already available and standardized Questionnaire of Self Esteem. T-test was used to analyse the data. The findings suggest that there was a decrease in the self-esteem of the students during transition from primary to secondary school.

Self esteem, education, students

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