Volume : 3, Issue : 6, June - 2014

Attitudes of Pupils of Secondary Schools Towards Science as School Subjects in the District of Burdwan, West Bengal

Dr. Sanat Kumar Ghosh

Abstract :

This paper aimed to provide an understanding and to study the attitude towards Science as School subjects of the Secondary Schools. In this connection 100 boys and 100 girls student of Burdwan district were selected as sample to estimate their attitude. Data were analyzed by adopting appropriate methods. It was observed from the findings that (i) maximum students expressed their favourable attitude towards science as school subjects (ii) Major percentage of students having average degree of attitude towards science as school subjects (iii) The findings also indicate the positive relation between Socio–Economic status and attitude towards science as school subjects. (iv) Attitude towards science as school subjects was independent of sex variation of the students.