A Study on Academic Self concept and Scholastic Achievement among High School Students

Abstract

We live in a competitive world, where academic excellence is a must for successful life of any human being. Education which is imparted in the high School level should help the learners with the necessary knowledge and skills to participate in the activities in the society. This is the stage where the School education acts as an orientation for higher education, Hence Scholastic Achievement is considered to be a very important factor in the high School education but, it is an alarming note that parents and school, in their anxiety to improve the performance of Students in the public examinations pressurize the students to the maximum possible extent in which learning becomes a pain instead of a pleasure at this stage. Hence the Students are put into a lot of emotional stress during this stage much has been talked about too much of stress and work load in schools which skill the Academic Self Concept of Students many studies show that more of students are being overcome negative feelings, which is not healthy either from the social point of view.