Mental health of first generation learners as compared to third generation learners with respect to value prefrence

Education is consistently becoming the prime factor in measuring the growth of the country. Thus it becomes very important for a nation to have not only an efficient but also a flexible educational framework that allows the students to go for their interested field in education and provides complete support to them from all perspectives. But it is sad to recognize the fact that most of the youth are unable to utilize their potential in an appropriate way due to lack of guidance and motivation. They are forgetting the moral values due to the materialistic attitude that emerged with scientific and technological advancements. The present paper highlights the difference between the Mental health and Value preference of the First generation learners and Third generation learners. For the present study 100 students of 9th standard were selected under first and third generation learners’ categories. Scale for the identification of the First generation and Third generation learners (prepared by the investigator), Mental Health Battery by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Dr. Alpana Sengupta and Study of Values Test by Dr. Raj Kumar Ojha and Dr. Mahesh Bhargave were used as tools. Mean, Standard deviation and one way ANOVA were employed. The results of the study showed that the mental health of the first generation learners was found to be poor as compared to third generation learners. On the contrary when we see the value preference scores, we found that the third generation learners give preference to Social and Political values whereas the first generation learners give importance to the theoretical, Economic and Aesthetic values.