Creative Environment of Tribal And Non Tribal Secondary School Children of Himachal Pradesh S. Pany Krishma P.G.. College of Education Dadour, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India Email: drpany_s@yahoo.com Abstract Creativity being one universal psychological trait is expected in varying degrees among different individuals. But it is the environment which makes a lot of difference in the nurturing of the creative potential of the children. The same type creative environment is not seen everywhere. As such the present study is on the creative environment of the tribal and non-tribal secondary school students of Himachal Pradesh. The study was conducted with the objectives like to compare the creative environment of tribal secondary school boys and girls, to compare the creative environment of non-tribal secondary school boys and girls, and to compare the different sets of creative environment of tribal and non tribal secondary school students. It was conducted on a sample of 100 tribal (Boys=50 & Girls=50) and 100 non tribal (Boys=50 & Girls=50) secondary school students of two districts of Himachal Pradesh. The findings of the study are Significant difference exist in the creative environment of tribal and non-tribal secondary school students, no significant difference exist in the creative environment of tribal secondary school boys and girls students, significant difference exist in the creative environment of non-tribal secondary school boys and girls students, and the tribal and non-tribal secondary school students differs significantly on different sets of creative environment like home, school, society, work/study and the total. Keywords: Environment, Tribal & Non-Tribal, Home, School, Work & Study Environment ©2014 Renu Publishers. All rights reserved International Journal of Education for Peace and Development Citation: IJEPD: 2(1): 57-61 April 2014 Introduction Creativity as the universal capacity is not confined to any individual, group, caste, colour and creed. It is also above the factor of age, location and culture. As a psychological construct it is more or less present in each and every human being. This talent of the individual needs to be unfolded and nourished through a well planned and purposive programme of education. The creative ability of the human being is responsible for all sorts of change and progress of the society since time immemorial. Such creative ability of the human being is both inherited as well as acquired. But as the human being can not have any control over heredity as a factor influencing creativity, at least the environment can be made conducive for enhancing the creative talents of the individuals. In this context, the school environment is supposed to play a very determining role in unfolding the creative talents of the learners. School is such a platform where ample opportunities can be created for promoting creative thinking of the learners as well as their motive to achieve excellence in different fields of life. Presently most of the schools intend to prepare their students in such a way that they would score high at