Home environment and academic achievement of students at higher secondary level

Learning takes place through the interaction of learner with his environment. Only in a favorable environment, the learner gets maximum concentration in his learning. Learning of a child starts from home itself. Home environment has great impact in the learning process of the child. Only a favorable environment can produce better learning in students. Academic achievement is the end product of all educational endeavors. The main concern of all educational efforts is to see that the learner achieves after exploring the concept of achievement in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspect of human behaviour. This study focuses on the important psychological variables like home environment and academic achievement. Normative survey method was used for the research. Sample includes higher secondary students. Stratified sampling technique was used. The statistical technique used was correlation and t test. The hypotheses states that. 1) There will be significant correlation between home environment and academic achievement of higher secondary students. 2) There will be significant difference between male and female students in their home environment. 3) There will be significant difference between male and female students in their academic achievement.