Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Ranjana Kumari and Mukta Garg

Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to assess background characteristics of the students of secondary school and its relation to academic performance. A representative sample of 120 students of grade nine to twelve from senior secondary schools with boys and girls in ratio of 1:1 was randomly selected from two senior secondary schools of Kanpur Nagar. The background characteristics data was collected through self-prepared questionnaire and academic achievement of adolescents was assessed from the latest grade sheet collected from the school. The collected information was analyzed through frequency, percentage, chi square. The study revealed that academic achievement of boys was better than girls. Chi square value indicates there was significant association between background characteristics like gender, age, family income according to level of academic achievement while non-significant association was found between mother’s education and father’s education according to level of academic achievement.