“…EVPS was developed under this study (see Appendix). The literature was reviewed before preparing items form (Aliyev et al, 2021;Bronfenbrenner, 1986;Bronfenbrenner & Ceci, 1994;Darling, 2007;Leonard, 2011;Tudge et al, 2009;Onwuegbuzie et al, 2013). Later on, a total of 24 secondary school students, studying in different grades, were asked to answer an open-ended question to measure the extent that their surrounding attaches importance to their own education.…”