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Excellence and competitiveness go hand in hand, and require a mindset and culture where all children are encouraged to work on their skill development. Homework is a vital part of learning. It is an extension of the classroom which allows students to internalize information that has been presented in the class. It helps in increasing the knowledge, attitude and skill of the children at each level. The present study intends to ascertain the opinion of secondary school students towards homework. The main objectives of the study are: 1) to compare the opinion of government and private school students towards homework 2) to compare the opinion of boys and girls towards homework. Survey method is adopted for the present study. A well structured opinionnaire is prepared and administered to collect data. The mean, S.D. and t test are computed for data analysis. Findings reveal that government school students have more positive opinion towards homework than the private school students. Both boys and girls do have the same kind of opinion towards homework at secondary level.