Relationship between Socio-Economic Status And Educational Aspiration Among Higher Secondary School Students-A Study

Abstract

In any society, the education plays important role for the development of human resources. Education is a process and kind of activity in relation to human beings. It is a continuous effort to develop all capacities of the student. Individuals will have aspiration, all stages of life people try for self enhancement. The aspiration during student period influences their behavior. The aspiration level of an individual is an important motivating factor. It is a frame a reference involving self esteem or alternatively experiences, that" is the feeling of failure or success. 'Level of Aspiration' is a psychological construct which reflects a cognitive type of motivation of the individual. Frank defines it in terms of the level of future performance in a familiar task which an individual, knowing his level of past performance in that task explicitly undertakes to reach. James Drever explains it as a frame of reference involving self-esteem or alternatively as a standard with reference to which and individual experiences, i.e., has the feeling of success or failure. Thus, the term level of Aspiration involves the estimation his ability (whether over, under or realistic) for his future performance on the strength of his past experience (goal discrepancy), his ability and capacity, the efforts that he can make towards attaining the goal, thus set by him. The goal setting behavior as well as the process of attaining the goal are consequences of his past experience, whether failure-oriented or success oriented, level of efforts made by him in that direction, and his capacity to pursue the goal. Social status is the position of the individual within the social relationships. It is that specific position of the individual in his relationships with other individuals by virtue of which he derives respect and prestige and whereby he exerts influence it being known by the symbols or signs and actions of the respect tendered to him (1964). The status in a group may be inherited but in modem society, the status is achieved. The economic factors play an important part in determining social status, which includes the total income of the family, saving, capacity to collect money in emergency etc. Therefore, it is better to call this factor as socio-economic factor,rather than social or economic factor status. Above introduction stated about the socio-economic status and educational aspiration,both factor interrelated to each other and influence 1 RIE Library Bhopal student's educational aspiration on the socio-economic status of the student vice versa. Hence this research is titled as "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL SUDENTS - A STUDY