COMPARISON OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR LOCALITY AND TYPES OF SCHOOL

In the present paper an attempt has been made to find out the comparison of school environment on academic achievement of senior secondary school students in relation to their locality and types of school. A sample of 600 senior secondary school students was taken on the basis of random sampling method. school environment Scale developed by the sinha and sinha , while academic achievement score was taken from the previous annual results of the students. Mean, Standard Deviation and ‘t' test were used to analyse the data. It was found that private school students were found to have better school environment in comparison to government school students; further students studying in senior secondary schools have better school environment situated in urban areas than students situated in rural areas; and It is found that students studying in senior secondary schools having favourable school environment have better academic achievement than students studying in senior secondary schools having unfavourable school environment.