SELF CONCEPT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDER-GRADUATE MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS OF KASHMIR

The aim of the study was to compare the undergraduate male and female students on self-concept and academic achievement. The sample for the present study consisted of 600 students in which 300 were undergraduate male students and 300 undergraduate female students. The investigators used Sagar and Sharma self-concept inventory to assess the self concept of sample subjects. The previous two years academic achievement served as academic indicator of the sample subjects. The investigator used various statistical techniques viz, mean, S.D., t-test to analyze the data. The statistical data revealed that there is significant difference between undergraduate male and female students on self-concept and no significance difference was found between male and female undergraduate students on academic achievement. Undergraduate male students were found to have better self concept as compared to their counterparts. Male and female undergraduate students were somewhat similar on academic achievement. Keywords: self-concept, academic achievement, undergraduate, male and female