Impact of Teachers' self-compassion on Students' Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level

Abstract

This descriptive research paper was to determine the impact of teachers' self-compassion and their impact on students' achievement. The population of this study was teachers and students. Two Districts, Peshawar and Charsadda, were chosen as an accessible population. There were 148government secondary schools for boys where 1649 teachers were teaching and 37349 students were enrolled, and 105 government secondary schools for girls where 917 teachers were teaching and 37420students were enrolled. A stratified random sampling technique was used, and a sample of 600 teacher's male and female teachers was selected. Similarly, a sample of 800 students' boys and girls, were selected for the study. Students' achievement scores were obtained from the class IX annual examination 2021results of BISEP. The data was analyzed through Pearson coefficient of correlation, and regression analysis was used to test of hypothesis. The study found a positive relationship between teachers' self-compassion and students' academic achievement.