Student Confidence Level Highest In Hyderabad: Study

LEAD today announced the launch of India’s first Student Confidence Index, a study that assesses the confidence levels of school-going students across regions, cities, demographics and various other parameters.  Developed in collaboration with the Labour Market Research Facility and School of Management and Labour Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, LEAD’s Index reveals several powerful insights into Student Confidence. While India stands at a Confidence level of 75 on a scale of 100, 36 per cent of students have indicated top-bracket Confidence levels (81-100). 

Delhi stood at 80, bagging the second spot among metros. The confidence among boys and girls appeared similar in Delhi, reflecting gender parity. 

The Student Confidence Index assesses five 21st-century confidence-building attributes: conceptual understanding, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and exposure to opportunities and platforms.  

Method

The Index surveyed over 2800 students from classes 6–10. Students belonged to 6 metros, 6 non-metros and 3 tier cities (tier II & III).  The study was administered by through market research and survey company Borderless Access.

Other key insights:

- A 25-point gap between Hyderabad at an index score of 87 and Ambala with an index score of 62 suggests that students in India’s metros continue to be more confident than their peers in non-metros. Also, students in metros have a clear advantage over their peers in non-metros* in the five core attributes that build Confidence. 

- West India tops the Student Confidence Index at a regional level at 81, while South and East India hover near the national average.

- Except for Chennai and Mumbai, where girls slightly outperformed boys, boys and girls appear to be more or less equally confident across metros and non-metros.