Personality of Girls Studying in Primary Schools

N. Srinivasulu, Dr. L. Uma Devi

Abstract: Education has definitely positive impact on personality of students. Universalization of elementary education envisages that eligible children, especially in the age group of 6-14 are in the school and acquire the required qualitative and viable competencies. The National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL) as a component of the scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). This programme was launched in July, 2003. It was an incentive to reach out to the girls who the SSA was not able to reach through other schemes. The SSA called out to the hardest to reach girls. One of the objective of the objective of this program me is to gear educational system to play a positive interventionist role to enhance self esteem and self confidence of women and girls; build a positive image of women by recognising their contribution to the society, policy and the economy. In the present study 750 primary children of Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telangana were administered MAP series child form and the results were discussed in this paper.

Keywords: Personality, NPEGEL, Non NPEGEL