A Study On The Youth Problems Of 11th AND 12th Grade Students In Ukhrul District Of Manipur

Abstract

When young people understand and use their potential, they have the power to transform the world into a better place. This reality is often murky as the young are confronted with lots of problems which they do not understand. Identifying the problems of the young will help and motivate them to tackle the issues and challenges facing them. This study used the Youth Problem Invention (YPI) developed by Verma (2005) to examine the youth problems. A sample of 200 students studying in grade 11^th and 12^th from Ukhrul district was chosen. The investigators collected the data by adopting the cross-sectional research design. In the study, it has been found that on average the selected sample of the 11^th and 12^th grade students of Ukhrul district do not possess high levels of problems. But the computed SD (19.7) indicates that there is very wide variation among the problems of students. It also found that 32.5% of them possess more problems and 32.0 % have a very less number of problems. The study did not indicate any significant difference among the youth problems in relation to gender and socio-economic-status. However a significant difference was found in relation to academic achievement.