A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TIRUPUR DISTRICT

Education is the potential cause for change in any society. If the education system fails to respond adequately to the emerging challenges of a developing society, the stagnation and wastage will be increased and ultimately the growth of the nation will hindered. The main objective is to find out the Emotional Maturity among secondary school students and to find out the impact of personal variables like Medium of Instruction, Gender, Location of the School, Type of the School, Educational qualification of father, Educational qualification of mother, Occupation of Father, Occupation of Mother on Emotional Maturity among secondary school students. For this a sample of 300 was collected from the school students. T- test and F test was carried out for finding the significant differences present in the demographic variables. The conclusion is that there is no significant difference between emotional maturity with respect to Gender, medium of instruction, location of the school, type of the school and educational qualification of father. There exists a significant difference between emotional maturity with respect to Educational qualification of mother, occupation of father and occupation of mother.This study shows that students do not find healthy environment in schools for developing their emotional maturity. Emotional disturbance will lead to much havoc in life. Secondary stage is said to be the formative stage