GUIDANCE NEEDS OF SECONDAY SCHOOL GIRL STUDENTS IN BORDER AREAS OF AMRITSAR DISTRICT: A SURVEY

Abstract

We require direction in a variety of areas. Guidance in different area help us to achieve goal without wasting our time. This study aims to examine the guidance needs of secondary school girl students of border area of Amritsar District. The investigator has adopted the survey method of research. For the present study, the sample consisted of total 300 girl students which was selected through simple random sampling technique. Guidance Needs Inventory (GNI) prepared by Grewal (2010), was used to identify the type and strength of guidance needs of secondary school girl in five areas – Physical, Social, Psychological, Educational and Vocational. Statistical techniques Mean, S.D, t-test and one- way Anova were used. The findings of the study revealed that all girl students of border area who study in government and private school have extreme need of guidance in vocational area. In Physical, Social, Psychological and Educational area secondary school girl students of border area need high guidance. All girl students (government and private school and different category) of border area want dire need of guidance in all areas. Further it was found that there was no significant difference between guidance needs of secondary school girl students with respect to type of school and category. For the fulfillment of the guidance needs school management should organize sports, yoga, NSS camp in school. Teacher should motivate the all the students to participate in co-curricular activities and develop the healthy habits in students like importance and management of time, significance of balanced diet and physical exercises. Teacher should provide sex education to the child and develop the self-confidence through different activities like drama, debate. In the classroom, teacher should provide democratic environment to the students so that they give their own point of view in front of teacher.