A Study of the Problems of IXth Standard Students of Ahmedabad in Relation to their Achievement

Abstract

India has succeeded in every field in the 21st century; it is necessary and important to
take education in this time. We cannot get anything done without education. It is difficult to
think about a future today, what exists today, may be outdated tomorrow and something much
better could be found next year. With such a development, it is necessary that students are
nurtured in such a way that they are capable to cope with each and every situation that they
have to face in their course of life.
Education has a vital Place in the life of human being. It is not only essential for the all
round development of an individual but also it is essential for the all round development of the
country. Behaviorally, education consists of teaching-learning process performed in the school
which reveals the whole innate potentials. Practically, the work done by the school is measured
in the terms of the achievement of the students. Now, this is the burning question that why the
achievement of the students are not equal after studying in the same school by the same
teacher and in spite of getting similar facility. To answer this question, it can be said that the
education given in the school is not only the determinant of the achievement of the students
but also there are some other factors which affects the achievement of the students. From the
various research works, some factors were revealed which affects the achievement of the
students. These are Socio-economic status of the students, Religion, Gender, physical health of
the students, Classroom climate, Type of school, Climate of home, intelligent quotient, mental
health etc. In the present study the researcher considered the group of those factors. It means
Researcher studied that how all these factors affect them collectively. In the present study the
problem undertaken by the researcher is “to study the problems of IXth standard students of
Ahmedabad city in relation to their achievement”. Here researcher wants to study the
relationship between the achievement and problems of the students. Now a days, it is a well
known fact that the achievement is not the only outcome of the practices done in the schools
by the teachers and students. It is being affected by the several factors like- Socio-economic
status, gender, intelligence, caste, religion, value, educational background, home environment,
mental health and physical health etc.