A Study of Locale Differentials: Perception of Children towards their Psycho-Social Climate of School

Abstract

` The present study was undertaken to assess locale differences in perceived psycho-social climate of school among children. The present study was conducted in Ludhiana district of Punjab. The respondents of the study were school going children (aged 10-12 years) randomly selected from Government High School and Senior Secondary Schools located in rural and urban areas of Ludhiana district. For the assessmentofthe psycho-social climate of school of the selected respondents the  School Environment Inventory (SEI) by K.s Mishra was used.The results revealed thatUrban children scored significantly higher in almost all the dimensions of perceived psychosocial climate of school viz ‘creative stimulation’,‘ cognitive encouragement’, ‘permissiveness’, ‘acceptance’ and ‘control’ except ‘rejection’ dimension which was equally displayed by children irrespective of locale.Urban children perceived their psychosocial climate of school much better as compared to their rural counterparts.