An Analytical Study of Motivation Between English and Hindi Medium Secondary School Students

Abstract

The primary objective of the present study is to conduct an analytical examination of the impact of school management type (Government vs. Private), gender (male vs. female students) and medium of instruction (Hindi vs. English) on the motivation levels of secondary school students. The study employed the Descriptive Survey Method. Data was collected from secondary-level students using a random sampling method, and the obtained scores were subjected to t-test. According to the results derived from the statistical analysis, a significant difference was observed in the motivation levels of boys and girls students, with boys students demonstrating a higher level of motivation compared to their girls counterparts. Conversely, no statistically significant difference in motivation levels was found between students from government versus private schools, nor between students from Hindi versus English-medium schools. However, descriptively speaking, the mean scores of students from English-medium and private schools were recorded as being higher than those of students from Hindi-medium and government schools, respectively. The research concludes that gender remains a potent factor influencing student motivation at the secondary level today; whereas, in the modern era, differences regarding the type of school and the medium of instruction are becoming (statistically) secondary factors—even if a marginal advantage is descriptively evident among students from private and English-medium schools.