Year: 2017 | Month: June | Volume 8 | Special Issue
Academic Achievement of Secondary Level Students of Expatriate Parents in Relation to Parental Attention: A Study on the Students of Government, Aided and Unaided Schools
Abstract:
The study was conducted to find out the influence of parental attention on academic achievement of students of expatriate parents. The study particularly deals with the influence of parental attention on academic achievement of students of government, aided and unaided schools separately. The sample for the study was collected from various schools of Malabar region in the state of Kerala. Sample consists of 600 secondary school students whose fathers are working abroad of which 150 are from government schools, 240 are from aided schools and 210 are from unaided schools. A self made tool was used to measure the parental attention and the score of annual examination was taken as the indicator of academic
achievement. Mean standard deviation and t-test was used for analyzing data. Students were classified into three groups based on the parental attention they get; namely high attention group, average attention group and low attention group. A comparison of percentage of achievement was done further. The study revealed that there is no significant relation between the academic achievement and parental attention among the secondary school students of expatriate parents in government, aided and unaided schools.
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