Different Pattern of Education System and its Effect on Values:A Comparative Study

In the present investigation the investigator has tried to study to what extent different pattern of educational system are parting human values among adolescents. Six types of human values have been studied. They are: Social, Aesthetic, Political, Economic, Theoretical, Religious. In this study 400 adolescents randomly selected in the age range of 14 16 yrs studying in different classes from each type of urban educational institutions (Public & Convent English Medium, state Government & Govt. aided schools, Hindu Religious School & Pvt. Recognized Schools) were selected from Kanpur, Lucknow & Haridwar. It included both male & female adolescents all the students taken in the sample at the three years of the stay in the institutions. In the present investigation the investigator has tried to study to what extent different pattern of educational system are parting human values among adolescents. Six types of human values have been studied. These are: Social, Aesthetic, Political, Economic, and Theoretical & Religious. Finding reveals that Adolescents belonging to schools run by Hindu religious schools, State Government & Govt. aided schools were found significantly high in comparison to public and convent English medium school and Private recognized schools. this shows the effects of school on the development of social value. Effects of school environment are visible on Aesthetic value also F-ratio 5.19 is significant at .001 level. Highest mean score on this value is obtained by public and convent English medium school and Private recognized schools and lowest by Hindu religious schools. although on political values public and convent English medium school has obtained highest mean score but it has not differed significantly with any group. On economical values No significant difference on mean score between different groups have been found except State Government & Govt.