EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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Academic achievement is a learner’s progress and an outcome of learning in academic life. Emotional maturity is the application of emotional cognizance than enable an individual in managing emotion, expressing oneself and takes appropriate decision at a right time. School environment is the conditions, processes and psychological stimuli which affect the educational achievement. In present study objectives were to explore the relationship of academic achievement with emotional maturity and school environment, and identify significant predictor of academic achievement. The sample consisted of 508 respondents selected from senior secondary students through stratified sampling technique. The investigator administered Emotional Maturity Scale (Sharma & Shakir, 2019) and School Environment Inventory (Mishra, 2012) to collect data. Academic achievement was assessed based on GPA (Grade Point Average). Pearson correlation and regression analysis were computed in the study. The outcome exhibited that emotional maturity and school environment was significantly and positively correlated with academic achievement. Result of multiple regressions specified that emotional maturity and school environment appeared to be the significant predictor of academic achievement.

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