STUDY OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE CONSIDERING PERSONAL TUITION AND PARENTAL CARE IN RELATION TO ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGLISH AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS

The present study focuses on nding out how senior secondary students of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh, India are performing in English and to nd out the signicant difference in the attitude and achievement levels of these students concerning personal tuition and parental care variables. Data were collected from 350 (50%) senior secondary students in the district, consisting of 36 students who received personal tuition and 314 who were not provided with any tuition. 187 students were receiving good parental care whereas, 163 were not. These students were evaluated using an attitude scale, the Attitude towards English Language Scale (ATELS) developed by Clara Dominique (2016), and a personal data sheet. The data were analyzed using statistical techniques like mean, standard deviation, and ttest. The result showed a high achievement level in English among the students. Considering the differential analysis, the senior secondary students of the Tirap district signicantly differ in their attitude towards English concerning personal tuition as a variable. The students who receive personal tuition had better attitudes towards English. However, no signicant difference was observed in the attitude of senior secondary students concerning parental care. Also, no signicant difference was found in the achievement concerning both, parental care and personal tuition as variables.