Study Of Academic Achievement Of Secondary School Students In Relation To Employment Status Of Their Mothers

The current research was carried out to study the academic achievement of students of X class, in relation to the employment status of their mothers’ i.e. employed and unemployed mothers. In order to conduct the current study, 400 students of X class [200 students of employed mothers (100 boys, 100 girls) and 200 students of unemployed mothers (100 boys, 100 girls)] were selected randomly from the 10 secondary schools of Amritsar district. Marks obtained in IX class was taken as criterion of academic achievement. After the collection of the data, 2x2 & 3x2 Analysis of Variance was employed on the scores of Achievement. The findings of the study revealed that there exists no significant difference in the Academic Achievement of boys and girls in relation to educational qualification of their mothers. There exists no significant difference in the interaction effect of gender and employment status of mother; educational qualification and employment status of mother on Academic achievement of students. Children of unemployed mothers showed higher academic achievement than that of employed mothers.