A Comparative study of reading skills among elementary school children at Tirupati

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the reading skills among urban and rural elementary school children. The study to compare the reading skills between rural and urban elementary school children and to determine the association between reading skills of urban and rural elementary school children with the demographic variables. A descriptive design was adopted. Fifty urban and fifty rural elementary school children were selected by using cluster random sampling technique in Tirupati, to assess the reading skills by using the structured questionnaire.