“A STUDY OF ACADEMIC CHEATING AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to study the academic cheating among secondary school students in relation to their home environment. Academic cheating was treated as dependent variable whereas home environment was treated as an independent variable. Descriptive survey method was used for the present study. Random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the present study. The sample comprised of 200 secondary school students of private schools affiliated to Central Board of School Education (CBSE) & BSEH. Academic cheating scale by Kalia and Kirandeep (2001) and Home Environment inventory is developed by the Researcher with the consultation of Supervisor were used. Mean, SD, 't' test and Coefficient of correlation (r) were used to analyses the data. The findings of the study revealed that the academic cheating of male and female secondary school students did not differ significantly. Significant difference was found in the academic cheating of rural and urban secondary school students. It was also found that the home environment of male and female secondary school students did not differ significantly. Significant difference was found in the home environment of rural and urban secondary school students. It was found that there exists significant relationship between home environment and academic cheating of secondary school students.