Abstract
The study explored certain factors influencing the student performance at secondary level in Punjab. A sample of five thousands teachers from one thousands schools participated in the study. The researcher developed a questionnaire to measure the determinants and student performance. The data was collected and entered into SPPS for data analysis. The analysis was made using regressions. The findings revealed that all the five selected variables significantly contribute to the student performance. The school climate proved to be the strongest determinant of student performance followed by his personal traits, teacher effectiveness, parenting and socio-economic status.Some potent recommendations were made on the basis of findings. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p728
Highlights
The secondary school student in his teenage is just like a white paper ready to be written (Tanveer, 2014; Rubab,2005).These are the parents, society and school teachers who shape their future of the students
If the institution climate is conducive to the process enriched with student interest and teacher effectiveness it is an enjoyable phenomenon otherwise the results show low academic achievement tending to failure (Fida, 2011; Azhar, 2013)
32 % of the variance in the student performance is influenced by school climate. 3⁄4 Individual contribution of students’ Personal Traits to the variance of their Performance
Summary
The secondary school student in his teenage is just like a white paper ready to be written (Tanveer, 2014; Rubab,2005).These are the parents, society and school teachers who shape their future of the students. Learning environment and their socio-economic status play a vital role to the academic excellence. It is a pure natural phenomenon that the parents tend to look after him with due interest and pleasure When he steps into his teen years, some social factors including hisneighbors, class fellows, social workers, family members positively or negatively lead him to do something right or wrong. Under the situation, when he is passing through his teen years, good parental involvement can make his early life joyful enriched with desired personality traits
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