Educational aspiration and school climate of secondary school students: A study of district Lucknow

Abstract

Educational aspiration may be regarded as an important factor for keeping the learners motivated and directed towards attaining their academic goals. The present research was conducted with the objective of studying the educational aspiration and school climate of secondary school students. In addition to this relationship between educational aspiration and school climate have also been studied. A sample of 250 (129 males, 121 females) secondary school students was selected through simple random sampling technique. Analysis of the collected data was done with the help of t-Test and Pearson’s product moment correlation. Results revealed no significant difference in the educational aspiration and school climate of secondary school students on the basis of gender. Further, the correlation analysis revealed a significant and positive correlation between educational aspiration and school climate of secondary school students.