Psychological and behavioural problems in school students of Morang district

Abstract

Results of structured and semi-structured interviews of 37 school teachers from 9 different schools of Morang has been presented in relation to existence of psychological/behavioural problems in their students. Data on 3911 students have been analyzed. The study shows that 1442 (36.89%) of students had some kind of problem. The list of conditions in decreasing order of incidence are: very slow to learn, irregular school attendance, suddenly degrading school performance, not able to concentrate and running away from school. The female/male ratio of students was 1:1.47.