The present study was to examine the attitude of students toward social sciences in Sargodha city, Pakistan. The major objectives of the study were to find out the students’ information regarding social science subjects and their attitude, as well as motivation towards for those subjects in the future education. The study was quantitative in nature and a sample of 20% students was selected from both public and private secondary schools in the Sargodha city conveniently. By applying the survey method, the structured questionnaire was used for data collection and the collected data were analyzed by SPSS. The results showed that students had less information about social sciences because their teachers, parents and peers did not tell about those subjects and their worth in our society, so they were more interested to study natural science subjects in their future studies. Most respondents said that their Parents did motive their children to study natural science subjects because they claimed that the students those who study natural sciences subject can get attractive and high paying job then social science subjects.
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