ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER, SOCIAL CATEGORY AND STREAM OF STUDY

The study examined the academic achievement of senior secondary school students in relation to gender, stream of study and social category. A sample of 300 students of class 10+1(150 males, 150 females) from different government (10) senior secondary school of Shimla district (Himachal Pradesh, India) affiliated to H.P.S.E.B. Dharamshala. For collecting data scores in final examination (10th) was taken as academic achievement of the students. Results of analysis of variance revealed that there were no significant difference and interaction between gender and social category but stream of study differed significantly in relation to academic achievement. Students studying in science stream had significantly higher mean of Academic achievement scores than commerce and arts stream students.