• K. USHA

Values play the supreme role in the making of the individual, society as well as a nation. The future of any nation depends on its children. Values play an important role in shaping the character and personality of the children. The present study attempts to study the values of higher secondary school students. The main purpose of the study is to compare the values of government higher secondary school boys and girls students. In this study normative survey method was employed. The total number of 100 higher secondary school students from the government higher secondary schools of Thanjavur district in Tamil nadu. Mean, S.D., ‘t’ test were used for the statistical analysis. The findings revealed that all the secondary school students had average level of values. They preferred social values most while religious value was least preferred by the students. Higher Secondary school boys had higher aesthetic, theoretical, economic and hedonistic values while secondary school girls had higher religious, social, and political value.

Value Perception, higher secondary school students

"“A STUDY ON VALUE PERCEPTION OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.17-21, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902A03.pdf

"“A STUDY ON VALUE PERCEPTION OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp17-21, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902A03.pdf