Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 4

Self-efficacy of Secondary School Students in Relation to the Academic Achievement

Guest Faculty Department of Education, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The present research work was undertaken to study the Self-Efficacy among secondary school students. The study was conducted on a sample of 576 students of 9th class selected from rural and urban schools of Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. Self-Efficacy scale by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Dr. Shruti Narain was used. The data was analyzed by statistical techniques t-test and Karl Pearson's Product Moment Correlation (r). The findings of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in the Self-efficacy among male and female secondary school students. There is a significant impact of Self-efficacy on academic achievement of secondary school students. Positive correlation was found between self-efficacy and academic achievement of the secondary school students.

Keywords

Self-Efficacy, Academic achievement, Secondary school students