Study of Academic Achievement Motivation of Secondary School Students of Working and Non-working Mothers

The present study aims at to find out whether the academic achievement motivation of secondary school students of working mothers (WM) differ significantly from those of non-working mothers (NWM). The study further compared the academic achievement motivation of secondary school students of working and non-working mothers on the basis of gender and local. The sample of the study consisted of 200 secondary school students, 100 from secondary schools situated in urban area and 100 from secondary schools situated in rural area (50 male students of working mothers, 50 female students of working mothers, 50 male students of non-working mothers & 50 female students of non-working mothers)of the age group 13 to 15 years belonging to rural and urban areas selected randomly from different educational institutions of district Sonipat, Haryana. Academic Achievement Motivation Test constructed by Sharma, T. R. was administered to the selected sample to assess their academic achievement motivation. The data so collected was analyzed statistically by employing mean, SD and t-test. The study revealed there was significant differences between the adolescent students of working and non working mothers on the measure of academic achievement motivation.