Academic achievement does not relate with socio-economic status of secondary school students

In this study researcher focused on the secondary school student's socio-economic status and studied their relationship with academic achievement in social science (geography). There were 320 9th class students randomly selected in the sample. All the three schools were affiliated to the UP Board of Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Descriptive research design was used for this study. For data analysis t test and Pearson correlation technique was used in this study through SPSS. Study found no relationship between academic achievement & socio-economic status, and found no significant relationship in academic achievement of secondary school students having high and low socio-economic status. Girls and boys were performed equally in academic achievement and also found that, there is significant difference in socio-economic status of secondary school students in terms of gender.