A study of family Climate and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students of Odisha

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a connection between the family climate and student academic achievement in secondary school. With reference to their gender and locality. Further, it was also intended to find out the difference between the boy and girl students in terms of academic achievement. The researcher adopted a correlational research design for the study. 60 secondary school students of class X consisting of 30 boys and 30 girls from rural and urban areas were taken as a sample by random sampling technique. The research tools used for the study were Family Climate Scale and The student's academic achievement scores. data were analyzed by using Mean, standard deviation, Pearson productmoment correlation and t-test. The findings showed that gender and location were positively correlated with the family climate of secondary school students as well as their academic success. Moreover, the family climate of boy and girl students at secondary school did not differ significantly.