• Dr. P B Kavyakishore
• Suvarnalata

Every human is born with a basic ability of thinking which makes him or her to become curious on things around them. Once the individual starts his or her thought process, it leads them to be creative. It is very much essential to have such curious and creative minds for self-development, development of society and in-turn development of our nation. This study is an attempt to know the language creativity and curiosity of secondary school students in relation to gender and locality. A total of four schools were selected randomly out of which a total number of 170 students were selected. Descriptive analysis is done. To know the significant differences in two variables i.e., Language Creativity and Curiosity, t-test is used on the groups (boys and girls, urban and rural). Pearson’s co-efficient of co-relation is done to know the relationship between the two variables. The study concluded that the obtained mean scores of students studying in secondary school have low language creativity and have average / moderate level of curiosity. In Language Creativity there is no significant difference between girls and boys and also urban and rural secondary school students. In curiosity, there is no significant difference between girls and boys but there is a significant difference between urban and rural students. There is positive correlation between the two variables i.e., Language Creativity and Curiosity. The study suggests conducting activities to improve the language creativity and curiosity levels of secondary school students.

Creativity, Curiosity, Secondary school students, Gender, Locality.

"LANGUAGE CREATIVITY AND CURIOSITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND LOCALITY-A STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no.e334-e337, January-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2401439.pdf

"LANGUAGE CREATIVITY AND CURIOSITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND LOCALITY-A STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no. ppe334-e337, January-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2401439.pdf