Academic Performance in Relation to Parents’ Education, Institution and Sex

By : Gouri Sharma , Meeta Jha

Page No: 171-178

Abstract
Measuring achievement is a major part of the learning process and informs educators of student talent and progress toward educational goals. Today’s modern society expects each one to be a high achiever. It has become an indicator of a child’s future. Parents, teachers and higher authorities concerned with effective academic performance of the students. The present study aimed to see the effect of parental education, type of institution and sex on academic performance. For this purpose 200 students of ninth standard studying in different institutions of Raipur district of Chhattisgarh State were randomly selected. Overall marks secured by the students in various subjects, viz- (English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Science) were considered as the academic performance scores. Results revealed that parental education play a significant role in academic performance of the students, whereas gender wise variation in academic performance was found to be different in government and private institutions.

Authors :
Gouri Sharma : Assistant Professor, Institute of Teacher Education, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C. G.) 492 010
Meeta Jha : Professor, SOS in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C. G.) 492010