• Thimmaraju T
• Dr. H.R. Jayamma

Tribal constitute 8.6% of total population of India whereas in Karnataka 6.6% of state population is tribal. The tribal people being the original inhabitants of India constitute a significant part of the vast nation. They have been dwelling in the forests surrounded by hills for a long period. Scheduled tribes face many barriers in attaining education especially Kaadugolla tribal community in Karnataka. Hence, the present investigation is to find out the Self Concept of primary school students of Kaadugolla tribal community with respect to sex, type of management, locality and father occupation. The present study is elected as descriptive normative survey method. A total of 120 students were selected by stratified random technique. This sample included 56 boys and 64 girls totaling 120 students of 7th standard students studying in government, private aided and unaided schools of both urban & rural districts of Chitradurga and Tumkur districts. Children’s Self Concept Scale developed by Dr. S.P. Ahluwalia (2004) was used for data collection. The collected data was analyzed by utilizing appropriate statistical technique like independent ‘t’ test. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 and 0.01 level of confidence. The ‘t’ test revealed that there was no significant difference in Self Concept of primary school boys and girls of Kaadugolla community. Further it was also observed that there was significant difference in the Self Concept of primary school students belongs to Kaadugolla community studying in different types of institutions and also found significant difference in Self Concept of urban and rural primary school students. Also there is no significant difference in the self-concept level with respect to father’s occupation. The policy makers and school authorities should implement effective intervention programme to promote the self concept of Kaadugolla tribal community.

Self-concept, primary school students, Kaadugolla tribal community

"A Study of Self Concept of Primary School Students of Kadugolla Tribal Community", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.418-422, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908863.pdf

"A Study of Self Concept of Primary School Students of Kadugolla Tribal Community", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp418-422, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908863.pdf