A detailed questionnaire was prepared with the reference, assistance and guidance from the (i) Review of related literature, (ii) Teachers of diversified schools, (iii) Parents of higher secondary students, (iv) Joint Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Tamilnadu and (v) Educational experts in colleges and Universities. The designed four page A4 size close-ended questionnaire was used for the collection of student details. Most of the information of the variables was collected directly from the students through this questionnaire. Based on this information, a few derived variables were generated. While some of the information for the variables was extracted from the school records, the mark details were collected from the CEO office. All the predictor and response variables which were derived from the questionnaire are given in Table 1 for reference