Socio Economic Status and its Relation to Academic Achievement of Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

This study examined the effects of gender and socioeconomic status on academic achievement of higher secondary school students of Lucknow city. The sample consists of 102 males and 98 females in age range of 15 to 19 from five higher secondary schools of Lucknow city Uttar Pradesh (India).Socio economic status scale developed by R.L.Bharadwaj (2005) was used for data collection, while the total mark obtained by the students in the previous class i.e. standard X was used as an achievement criteria. Mean(M),Standard Deviation(S.D),Standard Error of the mean(S.E.M),t-test were used. This study shows that gender does not influence the achievement in science at higher secondary school (Standard-XI) level. Also the result of this study showed the difference between high and low socioeconomic status groups. It is found that the academic achievement was influenced by the socioeconomic status and those who belonged to high socioeconomic status showed better performance. Based on these findings some recommendation was given with great implication for both practice and further studies.