TY - JOUR AU - Shafeeq, Nikhat Yasmin AU - Tazeen, Aliya PY - 2015/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY CLIMATE ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS JF - International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH JA - Int. J. Res. Granthaalayah VL - 3 IS - 6 SE - Articles DO - 10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i6.2015.3007 UR - https://www.granthaalayahpublication.org/journals/granthaalayah/article/view/IJRG15_B06_16 SP - 118-127 AB - <p>This study investigated the impact of family climate on the academic achievement of government and private secondary school students. Three hundred (Boys =150; Girls =150) secondary school students were randomly chosen as the sample of the study from 8 schools (4 government and 4 private) of Aligarh. Family Climate Scale by Dr. Beena Shah (1990) was used to study respondent’s family climate, while their IX class examination results were used as the measure of academic achievement. The hypotheses were tested using the product moment coefficient of correlation to find out the relationship between the family climate and academic achievement, and for measuring the effect of the type of family climate (favorable and unfavorable) on the academic achievement of the students the investigator applied t-test. The results showed that the academic achievements of students are independent of the family environment and parental support provided to them. The study also revealed that private students have good academic records in comparison of government students.</p> ER -