IMPACT OF SOCIAL SERVICES PARTICIPATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to investigate the impact of i) social services participation undergraduate students on their academic achievement; ii) social services participation undergraduate boys students on their academic achievement, and iii) social services participation of the undergraduate girls students on their academic achievement. A sample of 80 undergraduate students of Gangadhar Meher University, 40 each from participants and non-participants students were selected randomly. Out of which 20 each from boys and girls undergraduate students were participants groups and 20 each from boys and girls undergraduate students were from non-participants groups. Information Inventory on Social Service Participation Test was used for data collection and average academic achievement SGPA score of undergraduate students given by university was adopted for accessing the academic achievement of students. The‘t’ test revealed that i) there was no impact of social service on academic achievements of undergraduate students. Academic achievement of both social service participant and non-participant undergraduate students were similarly; ii) there was no impact of social service on academic achievements of participant and non-participant undergraduate boys students’. Academic achievement of both social service participant and non-participan boys undergraduate students’ were same line; and iii) there was no impact of social service on academic achievements of participant and non-participant undergraduate girls students. Academic achievement of both social service participant and non-participant girls undergraduate students’ were same line. KEY WORDS: Social Services, Participation, Under Graduate, Academic Achievement