Education is important to cultivate good values among the public in society. Education helps men to develop their life style. The ultimate goal of school is to educate young people to become responsible. Education is the complete development of individuality of the child so that the man can make an original contribution to human life according to the best of his capacity.. Both academic motivation and academic self-concept promote positive learning environment among the students. It is not just a desire only to achieve but it makes every student to excel in every actions. Proper motivation helps them to do their studies in the best way. Likewise highest self-concept students can easily achieve high in their academics. Both academic motivation and academic self-concept bring out the students’ potentialities and make the students to be successful in their academic prospects. Hence this paper attempts to explore the importance of academic motivation and academic self-concept in academic achievement.