A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN RELATION TO EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF PRE- SERVICE STUDENT TEACHERS

The purpose of the present study was to explore the influence of academic achievement of pre-service student teachers on their emotional maturity in relation to their gender and residential area. The sample consist of 357 B.Ed. course trainers (183 Male & 174 Female) randomly taken from Self-financed B. Ed. Colleges of Bhopal City. To measure the emotional maturity of pre-service teachers, Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) developed by Dr. Yashvir Singh & Dr. Mahesh Bhargava (2006) were used. For measure the academic achievement of pre-service student teachers, their final year graduation obtained percentages were used. Mean, SD and ‘t' test were used for data analysis. The result showed that there is no significant influence of academic achievement of pre-service student teachers on their total score of emotional maturity and emotional progression, social adjustment and independence. The pre-service student teachers with high academic achiever are more emotionally stable and more integrated personality than that of the low academic achiever. No significant influence of gender and residential area was found in respect of total score of emotional maturity and all factors. The female pre-service student teachers are significantly higher academic achiever in comparison with those of male counterparts. Urban pre-service student teachers are significantly higher academic achiever in comparison with those of rural counterparts.