The survey was conducted across 14,000 high school children between the age group of 12-18 in 12 cities across the country.

It said about 80 percent of the students surveyed have access to mobile phones and have embraced Web 2.0 tools like blogs and social networking sites.

The US remains the most preferred destination among 40 percent of the students surveyed for further studies.

According to the survey, Orkut and Facebook are the most popular destinations and about 93 percent of the students surveyed are aware about these sites.

While 62 percent have personal computers at home, one in four students owns laptop in metros.