Relationship Between Academic Achievement And Democratic Parenting Style Of Higher Secondary Students

Abstract

Educational development is necessary for the development of a nation.Academic achievement is an important dimension in measuring educational development. Hence, Academic Achievement occupies a significant place in education. Higher Secondary Stage is an important milestone of students’ future. Academic achievement of Higher Secondary students is determined by various factorslike parents’ socio-economic status, parents’ education, parenting styles, amount of time parents’ spend with children, presence of trained teacher and effects of peer relationships etc. Parenting style is one such factor determining the academic achievement of the students. The present study is undertaken to focus on academic achievement of Higher Secondary students in relation to democratic parenting style which is one type of parenting style. The present study sought to examine the relationship between academic achievement and democratic parenting styleof Higher Secondary students of Udalguri District of Assam. The Researcher had selected138 students as sample from Udalguri town cluster. Descriptive survey method was used to collect the data. Parenting Style Scale developed by Madhu Gupta and Dimple Mehtani(2017) and percentage of marks obtained by the students in Higher Secondary Final Examination 2020 was used for collecting data. To find out the relationship between academic achievement of Higher Secondary students Pearson’s coefficient of correlation method was computed as statistical technique. The study revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between Academic achievementand Democratic parenting style in Higher Secondary Students of Udalguri District.