A Study of Self-concept, Academic Anxiety and Achievement of Students of Kendriya Vidyalayas and Missionary Schools

Abstract

According to Swami Vivekanand, (1893) "Education is the manifestation of the perfection already ill man. It is remarkable is its simplicity. To realize the self of God in Man is goal of education. This perfection has to be realized and manifested in one's own life." So self-actualization or realization is most important phenomena in life of an individual. An individual's self-concept includes awareness of what the individual is and how will the individual perform and achieve. This is innate tendency of an individual that who thinks about bimselflherself. In day today life, individual asks number of questions, which are directly or indirectly, related to their 'I' i.e. Self. The self-concept is an universal idea that can be found in all primitive philosophies and religion In Hinduism, we know it as alma, well known for its individuality, the integration force of once personality and component for the universal cosmos, Brahma. A person's self-concept is the complete set of the perception persons has of himself or herself. More specifically, we can say that, a person's self-concept may range from high to low in positiveness. And a positive self-concept contributes to personality integration .