GOAL ORIENTATION AMONG THE COLLEGE STUDENTS

Developing an optimistic character is an important part of goal orientation. The goal of education
should be to produce peaceful members of society by equipping students with the tools and information
they need to make a positive impact. This highlights the vital need of college students to attain their
goal by mastery and performance goal in their studies. Mastery and performance goals were the
original two categories of goal orientation. The survey approach used in this study was administered
to college students who were enrolled in both private and government-aided programs. A total of 200
college students participated in the study, with data being gathered from 100 male and 100 female
students in the arts and science streams. For the survey, a random sample technique is employed. The
researcher created a goal-orientation tool for the study. Result showed that there is significant
difference in gender, type of institution, and in the stream of the study. Female students were found to
have better mastery, performance and goal orientation than the male students. Private college students
were found to have better Arts stream students were found to have better mastery, performance and
goal orientation than in their counter parts. It is also reported that there is positive and significant
correlation among the goal orientation and its dimensions.