Article Title :
A Study of Originality among Secondary School Students in Relation to Locale, Ethnicity, Types of Institutions and Sex

Author Name :
Dr Lalit Kumar & Dr Pusplata Kumari

Keyword :
Originality, Students, Secondary Schools (Government and Private, Tribal and Non-tribal, Urban and Rural)

Publisher :
Politic India Publication

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Abstract :
Originality is one of the dimensions of Divergent Thinking, i.e., Creativity. In one sense originality is the real creativity as it is the dimension related to newness, novelty or peculiar response of the students. Considering the importance of originality the researchers have undertaken this work. 600 (Six hundred) students from secondary schools of Ranchi district of Jharkhand state have taken as sample by employing Stratified Random Sampling technique. Objectives of the study are- (i) To Identify Originality of Secondary School Students and (ii) To Compare the Originality of (a) Urban-Rural, (b) Non-tribal-Tribal, (c) Government- Private and (d) Female- Male Secondary School Students. Hypotheses of the study are- (i) There is No Significant Difference between the Originality of (a) Urban- Rural, (b) Non- tribal-Tribal, (c) Government- Private and (d) Female and Male Secondary School Students. The study yields conclusions as Urban, Non-tribal, Government and Female students group are significantly superior to Rural, Tribal, Private and Male students group respectively.