Adolescence is the most impressive period of human life not only for physical development but also for the mental, intellectual and emotional development. Maturity is always related to development. Social development of the child is associated with other features of growth. A socially mature person is able to adapt himself successfully in his surroundings. Some social qualities like group compatibility, kindness, sympathy, empathy, emotional adjustability, courtesy and politeness, self confidence, cooperation, leadership and cheerfulness should be developed amidst the society. To compute the level of social maturity of the students of lower secondary school 200 samples are taken from the Matia block of Goalpara district, Assam where 100 are boys and 100 are girls. The data is collected using a descriptive survey method and the Nalini Rao’s Social Maturity Scale. The mean, median along with standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, and z-test are used to analyse the data in order to determine the level and differences in social maturity.

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