CULTIVATING CHARACTER: HOW THE HOME ENVIRONMENT NURTURES MORAL VALUES AMONG THE HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS

Today’s young people are facing innumerable Value Problems. Does the Home Environment help to develop Moral Values among children? Hence, this study attempts to ascertain the influence of Organizational Climate ( Home Environment) on the prevalence of Moral Values among the Higher Secondary students in Chennai city. The present study belongs to Normative Survey research. In this study, the Stratified Random Sampling Technique was followed, and the data were collected from 1446 students in 20 schools. The research focused on six components of moral values—Personal, Academic, Social, Aesthetic, Humanitarian, and Religious—and examined how these varied across different levels of school environments (classified as High, Moderate, and Low climate) The tools used in the study were a Situational test to measure Moral Values developed by the investigator. One Standardized Tools to measure Organizational Climate was Home Environment Inventory.  The Statistical Techniques used in the study were Mean, Standard Deviation & t-test, for finding solutions to the problems. The major findings of the study are that the children have good Moral Values, irrespective of High, Moderate, and Low Home Environment.