Effect of socio-economic status on academic achievement of senior secondary school students

This study was conducted to examine the effect of Socio-economic Status on academic achievement of senior secondary school students. The study was conducted on senior secondary school students of Aligarh and Faizabad districts of Uttar Pradesh. The sample comprised of 605 students; 301 from Aligarh and 304 students from Faizabad district. The study revealed that no significant difference exists in socio-economic status of senior secondary school students in relation to their gender but there exists significant difference in their socio-economic status in relation to their place of living. It was observed that male students from urban areas are higher on socio-economic status scale than their male counterparts from rural and semi-urban areas. Female students from urban areas score higher on Socio-economic status scale than their female counterparts of semi-urban and rural areas. The study revealed that the contribution of the Socio-economic status, a predictor variable, on academic achievement is not significant. Finally, it was analyzed that 0.3% variance in academic achievement was explained by socio-economic status.