SOCIAL SKILLS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND LOCALITY

ABSTRACT In this study, concerted effort was made to study the Social Skills among Secondary School Students in terms of Gender and Locality. Social Skills are observable behaviors that individuals exhibit to perform competently on a social task like active listening, interpersonal relationships, the understanding of others feeling, etc. The present study was descriptive in nature. A survey has been undertaken to study the Social Skills among Secondary School Students with respect to gender, and locality, by administering a ‘Rating Scale on Social Skills’. The three dimensions of Social Skills such as “Interpersonal, Communication and Concern for others” were measured through a five point scale having twenty two statements. The sample of the study involved 462 Secondary School students pursuing the state syllabus in different schools of Mangalore Taluk situated in Urban and Rural areas selected through simple Random sampling technique. The findings revealed that social Skills of Urban Secondary School students are significantly higher than that of Rural School students. It also revealed that Social skills among secondary school students do not differ in terms of gender.