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This article is related to a survey conducted among the Secondary Students of Kottayam districts. This study is conducted i) to find the difference in Thinking Skills with respect to a) Gender b) Locale of the school and c) Type of management of the school and ii) to study the difference in Interest in Learning with respect to a) Gender b) Locale of the school and c) Type of management of the school The study was conducted on a sample of 520 Secondary Students randomly selected from the secondary schools of Kottayam district. The tools used for the data collection are �Test on Thinking Skills� (TTS) and �Learning Interest Inventory� (LII) constructed and standardized by the investigators. The data were analysed using the descriptive statistical technique Mean, Standard Deviation, and the inferential statistical technique, test of significance of difference between means for large independent sample. The findings of the study are 1) There is significant difference between the means of scores on Thinking Skills a) of Male and Female students of secondary schools and b) of the students from Urban and Rural secondary schools. 2) There is no significant difference between the means of scores on Thinking Skills of the students from Government and Aided secondary schools. 3) There is significant difference between the means of scores on Interest in Learning a) of Male and Female students of secondary schools and b) of the students from Government and Aided secondary schools. 4) There is no significant difference in the means of scores on Interest in Learning between the students from Urban and Rural secondary schools.