The present experimental study based on pre-test/post-test design was undertaken to investigate the effect of value education on attitude of secondary students of class IX studying in Government Model Senior Secondary School of Chandigarh. The sample comprised of 60 students which was divided into two groups with 30 students each for experimental and control groups. The experimental group was given 15 days of value education intervention by teaching through self-developed value education modules whereas control group was not exposed to such intervention. Sodhi's attitudinal scale was used to collect data for attitude of students. Results obtained after analysis of pre-test/post-test scores revealed a significant effect of value education on the attitude of secondary school students ( F=14.3202, P 0.01, t-value 3.7842: both significant at 0.01 level). t values were also computed to assess the difference of mean scores of both groups for different areas of attitude. t-ratio's for attitudes towards teachers & parents and discipline were found to be 4.77 and 4.14, both significant at 0.01 level; attitude towards life &humanity and country were found to be 2.050 and 2.239, both significant at 0.05 level; attitude towards religion was found to be 0.445 which is not significant at 0.05 level.
Keywords: Value Education, Attitude, Secondary School Students