INFLUENCE OF MANAGEMENT AND AREA VARIATIONS ON THE SELF - CONCEPT OF CLASS VIII STUDENTS

Abstract

Our knowledge, assumptions and feelings about ourselves is self-concept which is vital to the mental process.  We all know that each person's self - concept is unique from other persons. But  there is no common agreement about the structure or content of the self-concept. Knowing the influence of Variations in area and management on self – concept among class 8^th  students was the main purpose of this research. ‘Self - Concept questionnaire’ by Raj Kumar Saraswat (1984) administered on a sample of 300 students from class 8^th representing all categories of high schools in Tirupati District following  random sampling technique. t– test was employed for analysis of the data. Significant influence of area and management variations  at 0.01 level on the self - concept was observed among class 8^th students. Rural area and private school students’ self – concept is  low compared to urban area and government school student counterparts based on the interpretation of mean scores. The administrators and teachers should assign tasks suitable to their abilities and potentials for rural area and government school students to develop their Self-Concept.