ATTITUDE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS COMPUTER

The world of today is largely the product of development that has taken place in the
field of science with an advanced technology of computer. Computer education is understood
in the broadest sense i.e. the preparation of whole society for the computer age. To cope with
the present and future demand, there is need for introducing computer education in all stages
of education including schools and university education. Therefore, keeping in view the
importance of computers in day-to-day life of the students, the present study was undertaken
to investigate the attitude of senior secondary school students towards computer with
reference to certain demographic variables. For this purpose, a sample of 200 senior
secondary school students belonging to science and arts streams was chosen from District
Shimla of Himachal Pradesh. Gender wise and locality wise distribution of student was also
done. The data so collected was analyzed and interpreted on the basis of mean, S.D. and ttest.
The findings of the study revealed a significant difference in the attitude of senior
secondary school students towards computer in relation to gender. However, no significant
difference in the attitude of senior secondary school students towards computer was reported
with respect to stream and locality.