A comparative study of self-concept and academic achievement among male and female secondary school students

This study examined the difference in self-concept and academic achievement of male and female secondary school students. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the secondary school students of the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. A sample of 200 secondary school students was selected through a random sampling technique. Self-concept scale developed by R.K. Saraswat (2011) and the previous year’s annual examination marks of 10th-grade students were used to measure the self-concept and academic achievement of students. Results of the study revealed that both male and female secondary school students did not differ in self-concept; however, a significant difference was discovered between male and female secondary school students on the variable academic achievement. Further, the investigator found that self-concept and academic achievement were significantly and positively correlated with each other.