A study of the effect of school environment on the academic achievement of 10th class students

Pages: 1615-1618
Ram Prakash Gupta (Thakur College of Education Dhaliara, Dehra, Kangra, H.P.)

The present study aims to study the effect of school environment on academic achievement of 10th class students of Kangra district. In order to archive this objective, a sample of 300 students of 10th class (200 of govt. and 100 of private school) was selected from the six govt. and three private schools. School environment inventory was used & standardized by Dr. Karuna Shankar Misra (Allahabad). Reliability of tool was (0.873) and validity had founded to possess validity. Researcher observed that there is no significant difference between school environment of 10th class students studying in govt. school situated in rural and urban area. And also observed that unique quality of environment largely depended upon specific way of the pupils who were treated in school and the classrooms Researcher defined the treatment environment as the product of the interaction between teacher and pupil in school situations.