Effect of Socio Economic Status on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students

Dr Jyotsna Joshi Dr Jyotsna Joshi,Irfan Ahmad Wani Irfan Ahmad Wani,Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat

doi:10.25215/0304.004

Dr Jyotsna Joshi Dr Jyotsna Joshi, Irfan Ahmad Wani Irfan Ahmad Wani + Show 1 more

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Abstract

Aim: – The most important task of the educational system is to prepare students to acquire knowledge and career and cognitive skills to enter the community. Therefore, identifying the factors leading to the students’ academic achievement is very important. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between socio economic status and academic achievement of secondary school students belonging to different educational zones of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir State. Methods: – This descriptive analytical study was done on 120 students of secondary Schools in 2012-13 through random sampling. Socio economic status scale constructed and standardized by Rajbir Singh et al., and Previous Academic Progress Record from schools were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using Mean, S.D, M.D and students t-test. Results: – Result proves it beyond any shadow of doubt that there is a significant difference in the academic achievement of high socioeconomic status of students in comparison to low socioeconomic status of students. Significant differences were found between the students with (high and low) and (high and middle) socioeconomic status. On the other hand insignificant difference was found between the students with middle and low socioeconomic status in respect to academic achievement.

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The main purpose of the present study was investigating the effects of parental socioeconomic status on the academic achievement of secondary school students
Our findings suggests that students with high socioeconomic status have high academic achievement than students with low socioeconomic status on the basis of our findings we can say our first hypothesis (There would be significant difference on achievement of students between high and low socioeconomic status) is accepted
The obtained mean scores of students from the families with middle socioeconomic status was found (55.12) which is less than mean scores (58.16) of students from the families with low socioeconomic status

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Effect of Socio Economic Status on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students socioeconomic status, middle socioeconomic status and low socioeconomic to clarify the three fields a family or an individual may fall into. Eamon (2005) revealed that students whose parental socioeconomic status is low do not show effective performance in school. To investigate the effects of parental socioeconomic status on the academic achievement of secondary school students. 2. To find out the effect of socioeconomic status on the academic performance of secondary school students.

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