Impact of Self Confidence and Self Esteem on Learning: An Assessment

Abstract

Students who feel well about themselves have a good, realistic view of themselves. They are able to accept criticism, express love, and be upbeat and confident. Success in the past is crucial for the growth of self-confidence. Success in any profession often increases a person's confidence. Self-confidence inspires optimism and gives someone the drive to have faith in their talents despite the difficulties of the work at hand. In this article an attempt has been made to find out the self confidence of the students towards Learning and to find out the self esteem towards learning. The present study involves both qualitative and quantitative data. Population for the present study consists of the Undergraduate students of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. 40 under graduate students(20 male+20 female) of Paschin Medinipur district have been selected randomly as sample for the present study. Two separate self structured questionnaire have been used for data collection. First questionnaire is based on the statements on Self Confidence consisting of 15 statements with the response of ‘Strongly Agree’, ‘Agree’ ‘Disagree’, and ‘Strongly Disagree’. Second questionnaire is based on the statements on Self Esteem consisting of 17 statements with the response of ‘Strongly Agree’, ‘Agree’ ‘Disagree’, and ‘Strongly Disagree’. Collected data were analyzed with simple descriptive statistics and t test. Findings of the study indicates that there is no significant difference in the self confidence between male and female students.