Comparative Study on Reproductive Health Awareness between Bio-Science and Non Bio-Science Students of H.S Level of West Bengal Board

Abstract

The study on reproductive health education made an effort to present scientifically the detailed account of the level of knowledge and perception of the school going students regarding reproductive health issues. Main purpose of the study was to make a comparative analysis of bio-science and non bio- science students regarding the awareness and knowledge about reproductive health. 100 school students of different school belong to higher secondary level were selected as sample. Then the survey has been done on them with the help of self made questionnaire. Samples are collected by using stratified random sampling technique. The statistical analysis of the data were done by using independent t-Test. Standard deviation and standard error of the collected data, also calculated to reach a significant conclusion of the study. The statistical analysis of the study found that there is a significant difference in awareness between bio-science and non bio-science students. The bio-science students are more scientifically aware of reproductive health related issues in compare to other than bio-science students. Perception about reproductive health related issues and sex oriented matters are more scientific in bioscience students rather than no bioscience students.