Impact of Locality and Type of School Management on Academic Achievement of School Students at National Level: An Analysis

In the present study, the researchers wanted to study the impact of residential locality of the students and school management types on academic achievement of the student at national level. Academic achievement indicates the final learning outcomes of pupils. For a student academic achievement is important not only for higher education and finding job but also for personal satisfaction and social recognition. Today good academic achievement is becoming more important for an individual to have. Each individual may vary in their academic success and such variation may be attributed to host of factors i.e. heredity as well as environmental. The major objectives of the study are (i) to know the differential impact of locality of student on their academic achievement, (ii) to examine the impact of types of school on student's academic achievement. The whole study is based on secondary data derived from sources like- NAS-NCERT, ESG-MHRD etc. The results shows that differences in academic achievement is prevailed at national level on the ground of living locality of the students and management type of school. The difference may be because of funding, lack of infrastructure and many more. The study may help in removing achievement gap by suggesting some remedial measurable action.