*Research Scholar, Department of Education, University of Allahabad, India, Email id: santosh.pal@yahoo.com
**Professor, Department of Education, University of Allahabad, India, Email id: ksmisra1955@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 16 October, 2019.
This research paper is an attempt to study the social competence of male and female secondary school students. Sample comprised of 48 males, and 48 females of class X and XII. They were tested on 23 dimensions of social competence. Social competence was assessed with the help of Social Competence Inventory (SCI) developed by K.S. Misra. t-test was used to analyze the data. The objective of research is to find out whether male and female students differ from one another in social competence. The finding of the study reveals that male students have higher ‘Ethical Orientation’, and ‘Futuristic Orientation’ than female students.
Social Competence, Gender
