Journal of Teacher Education and Research
Year : 2014, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : ( 32) Last page : ( 35)
Print ISSN : 0974-8210.

Academic achievement of adolescents in relation to their self-esteem

Mr. Kumar Suresh*, Dr. Kumar Sunil**

*Lecturer, Ram -Eesh Institute of Education, Greater Noida

**Assistant Professor, D.D.R. College of Education, Khandewla, Haryana

Online published on 12 May, 2015.

Abstract

In this study an attempt has been made to investigate the relationship between Academic Achievement and Self-esteem. The study was carried out on a sample of 800 Adolescents of class 9^th including government and private secondary schools of Haryana state. Academic Achievement scores were obtained from annual examination of class 8^th affiliated to board of school education Haryana. Self-esteem inventory developed by M.S. Prasad and G.P. Thakur was used the means, S.Ds, Correlation and ‘t‘ test was calculated to fulfill the objectives. The result revealed that there is significant positive relationship between Academic Achievement and Self-esteem of Adolescents on Academic Achievement. There exist no significant difference between low Self-esteem government and private schools Adolescents on Academic Achievement.

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