Effect of Lifestyle on Educational Interest of Secondary School Students of the Kamar Tribe

Abstract

The lifestyle of tribal people is different due to their socio-demographic conditions. Lifestyle has been considered essential for career and academic development of students, and the present study assessed the effect of lifestyle on the educational interest of secondary school students of the Kamar tribe. 600 secondary school students of the Kamar tribe were chosen from the State of Chhattisgarh.  A stratified sampling technique was used to select students of the Kamar tribe from various secondary schools. The lifestyle scale prepared by Bawa and Kaur (2020) was used for data collection. The Educational Interest Record prepared by Kulshrestha (2009) was used for data collection. The one-way ANOVA showed a statistically significant effect of lifestyle of educational interest in secondary school students of the Kamar tribe (F=30.37, p<0.05). The educational interest in Kamar tribe students with a high level of lifestyle was found to be significantly better than that of Kamar tribe students with average and low levels of lifestyle. It was concluded that an awareness program promoting a healthy lifestyle in secondary school students of the Kamar tribe can be prepared to improve their educational interest and overall academic learning.