A Study of Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students of Magadh Region (Bihar) in Relation to Their Gender, Self Esteem and School Adjustment Sinha Roshan Kumar1, Imam Ali2 1Research Scholar, Department of Education, Integral University, Lucknow, (India) 2Associate Professor, Department of Education, Integral University, Lucknow, (India) Online published on 5 August, 2019. Abstract This study investigated the influence of gender, self esteem and school adjustment on students’ academic achievement in Magadh Region (Bihar). To collect data, self esteem inventory (M. S. Prasad and G. P. Thakur) and adjustment inventory for school students (A. K. P. Sinha and R. P. Singh) was used and administered to 1000 secondary school students. The selected students were randomly sampled from government and private schools in Magadh region (Bihar). The investigator used t-test and Pearson product moment correlation to test the research hypotheses. The results demonstrated that there is no significant difference between the academic achievement of male and female secondary school students. It was also found that there is a significantly positive relationship between self esteem and academic achievement of secondary school students. It also showed that there is a significant difference between the school adjustment of male and female secondary school students. Top Keywords Gender, Academic Achievement, Self Esteem, School Adjustment, Secondary School Students, Magadh Region. Top |