Academic achievement of adolescents in relation to parental encouragement and school environment
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2021-02
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CCSHAU, Hisar
Abstract
The present study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state.The objective of the study
the influence of parental encouragement and school environment on academic achievement of
adolescents government and private school. Two types of schools were selected government and
private: i.e. two government schools namely Campus School CCS HAU,Hisar and Government high
school were selected randomly and two private schools namely Saint Nischhal school and Guru
Jambheshwar Senior Secondary School also randomly selected. Thus, the total numbers of selected
schools were four. A sample of 120 government and 120 private school adolescents including equal
number of males and females of 14-16 year age were taken, thus to make a total sample of 240
adolescents. Agarwal Parental Encouragement Scale developed by Kusum Agarwal (1999) was used to
measure the parental encouragement as perceived by the adolescents. School Environment Inventory
(SEI) developed by Misra (1983) was used to measure the school environment of the adolescents.
Academic achievement of adolescents was assessed from the latest grade sheet collected from the
school. The results revealed in total sample half of adolescents from government and private school
had average level of academic achievement and received average level of parental encouragement.
Maximum number of adolescents belonged to nuclear family and two numbers if siblings. A positive
and significant relationship with academic achievement and parental encouragement of adolescents was
noticed. All the aspects of school environment had significant relationship with parental
encouragement of adolescents. There was significant association between paternal education, maternal
education and academic achievement of adolescents. Further significant relationship between academic
achievement with parental education and parental occupation of adolescents was found.