Volume : 2, Issue : 7, JUL 2016

ASPIRATION LEVEL OF URBAN AND RURAL SECONDARY STUDENTS OF JAIPUR CITY: A CASE STUDY

Priyanka Mathur, Dr. Aarti Kalani

Abstract

 The present study is a modest effort to compare students of urban and rural secondary on the basis of aspiration level. The main objective of the investigation was to compare the urban and rural students of differential level of aspiration. The sample of proposed study was consists of 600 students, in which 300 were urban and 300 were rural students of secondary level. The sample was taken from the different schools in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The data from the present study was collected with the help of the Dr. Mahesh Bhargava and M.A.Shah. Level of aspiration means an individual's future expectations or ambitions. It refers to the estimate of one's future in a given task. Results of the study revealed that there is a significant difference between students of urban and rural on composite scores of secondary level. It was found that urban students have high scores as compared to rural students.

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