• Meenakshi G.

The purpose of this investigation is to examine the attitude of secondary school students towards science in relation to sex and location. The present research was followed by descriptive survey method. A sample of 180 students was selected using simple random sampling procedure. The number of boys would be 90 and girls would be 90 as a sample of research. Data was collected through Attitude Towards Science Scale (ATSS) developed by Dr. Anuradha Agnihotri (2009), was used to assess the attitude towards science of the secondary school students. The collected data was analyzed by utilizing independent ‘t’ test. In all cases the level of significance was fixed at 0.05 confidence level. The results were obtained from the help of SPSS Package along with MS Excel. The statistical technique concluded that there was a significant difference in the Attitude towards Science of secondary school boys and girls students The study suggests to conduct parental awareness programs for boys that helps to develop attitude towards science and educate their parents about practices that can be adopted to support their children’s learning. The study also confirmed that there was a significant difference in Attitude towards science of secondary school students studying in government and private aided schools; and government and private unaided schools; but there was no difference between students studying in private aided and private unaided schools. The study confirmed that the government school students had favourable attitude towards science when compared to private unaided and private aided school students. Therefore, science teachers of private institutions can use various approaches in making science fun and more likeable and they have to give more attention towards students to master science.

Secondary, School, Students, Attitude, Science, Sex, Type of School

"Analysis of Secondary School students’ Attitude towards Science in relation to Sex and Type of School ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no.1729-1734, December-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912228.pdf

"Analysis of Secondary School students’ Attitude towards Science in relation to Sex and Type of School ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no. pp1729-1734, December-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912228.pdf