%0 Journal Article %T A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELF-CONCEPT OF HOSTELLERS AND NON-HOSTELLERS %A MOONMOON BORDOLOI %A LAWANU BORDOLOI %J International Journal for Basic Sciences and Social Sciences %D 2012 %I %X Self-concept and education are interrelated as far as personality development is concerned. School education is the core of the wider term ¡°Educational growth¡± and no one can deny that success in school education builds self esteem and self confidence which leads to better adjustment with self and with the group. This article is a noble endeavor to identify the differences in hostellers and non-hosteller on various dimensions of self concept i.e. behaviour, intellectual and school status, physical appearance and attributes, anxiety, popularity and happiness and satisfaction. %K Self-concept %K educational growth. %U http://www.rfbss.org/journal/index.php/IJBSS/article/view/18