Status study of psycho-social characteristics and academic achievement of the students of Manipur

Abstract

In this paper, effort has been made to study the status of psycho-social characteristics of students of Manipur to reflect upon the possible contribution for sustainable education in the state. Psycho-social variables were delimited to academic anxiety, adjustment level, gender, locality and SES of the parents of class IX students of valley districts only. Objectives: 1) To know the status of psycho-social characteristics and their academic achievement. Methodology: Survey method has been adopted with tools like academic anxiety scale, by A.K.Sing & Sengupta, adjustment inventory of school students by A.K. P. Sinha & R.P. Singh and Checklist for SES and personal information developed by investigator were used for the collection of data from 700 samples. Major findings: 1) Status of academic anxiety was found moderate with respect to locality, gender and SES 2) total adjustment of students of high SES parents was found excellent, others found to be good 2) Similar status was found between boys and girls in academic achievement where urban locality and moderate to high SES group were found high. Conclusion: Other than the differences between localities in academic achievement and SES status, the similar status of academic achievement between gender and other variables shows that the state has a positive and progressive education scenario. Such findings may contribute while making the state’s education a sustainable or further progress.