A STUDY ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i6.2017.2056Keywords:
Social Adjustment, Achievement, Education, AcademicAbstract [English]
Every human being seeks adjustment to various situations. He constantly makes efforts to adjustment himself to his surroundings because a wholesome adjustment is essential for leading a happy life and going satisfaction. Social adjustment to other people is general and to the group with which they are identified is particular. The main motive of the study is to find out the social adjustment among higher secondary school students and its impact on academic achievement in Coimbatore Educational District. This research is under taken with a view to examining the relationship with social adjustment and general achievement of different high school students with a sample size 148. The investigation is analyzed by the descriptive analysis and differential analysis. The result concluded from the study that there is no substantial change with respect to mother tongue, gender, location of school, type of family, educational qualification of parents, occupation of parents, monthly income of parents in their mean score of social adjustment and academic achievement. This study might enable teachers and administrators to look for ways of enhancing social adjustment among the students from higher secondary school and its impact on their academic achievement in Coimbatore District.
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