INTERNET USAGE AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS FOR– LEARNING TAMIL

The research study focused on Internet usage among higher secondary students foe learning Tamil. Descriptive survey method was employed to collect the data through questionnaire by adopting stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire was constructed and validated by the researchers. The sample size of this study comprises 500 higher secondary school students, among them 276 were boys and 224 were girls studying in various districts of Tamil Nadu. The objectives of the study is to assess the level of internet usage for learning tamil among higher secondary students and to find the Internet usage for learning tamil among higher secondary students based on Gender, Medium of Instruction, Locality of the School, Type of School and School Management. The results indicate that, the internet usage for learning tamil among higher secondary students is low. It is also found that there is a significant difference in Internet usage for learning tamil among higher secondary students with respect to Gender, Locality of the School, Type of School, School Management and there is no significant difference in Internet usage for leaning tamil among higher secondary students with respect to Medium of Instruction