• M.SUREKHA
• Mr. T. SELVARAJ

Educational Aspiration is one of those central concepts that are frequently used in everyday life. You will agree that we spend a lot of time pondering over our own selves. We are preoccupied with the feelings, perceptions, and real or imagined ideas about ourselves. It is indeed the center of all human activities. The importance of Aspiration-esteem can be considered from several perspectives. First, it is important to normal, psychological development. To adequately cope with the challenges of growing and developing, persons need to believe that they have the capacity to achieve what they need and want to and that they are deserving of happiness and joy in life. Lacking a belief in either of the above, they may be productive in an external sense, but are probably less effective and creative than they would be if they possessed high Aspiration-esteem. The effects of Aspiration-esteem may also be seen in career planning and decision making. For a person to make a nontraditional career choice, e.g., a female entering engineering, or to go against family desires or pressures requires someone to have a belief in their ability to make appropriate plans and decisions even though important others in their life space disagree with them. The boys are having higher Educational Aspiration than of their COunter part. The urban school higher secondary students are having Educational Aspiration than the rural school students. The boys are having higher Aspiration-esteem than the girls. The urban school higher secondary students are having more Aspiration-esteem than the rural school students. The girls are having higher achievement than the boys. The Christian students are having high achievement than the other religion.

EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION

"COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TRICHY DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.272-276, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905F40.pdf

"COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TRICHY DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp272-276, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905F40.pdf