Tribal High School Students' Educational Aspirations In Relation To Their Scholastic Achievement

Abstract

Education plays a vital role in reshaping, reforming, and moulding the society. It can be characterised as a pillar of strength for the entire society since education allows us to build a civilization that is able to learn. It not only influences a person's life at every step but also has a negative impact on his social and academic achievements. Regarding students, accomplishment is the main objective of education; assessments of students' knowledge, skills, and attainment are made using either teacher-designed or standardised examinations. Thus, an effort has been made to look at their aspiration level in this study. The present study is an attempt to find out the effect that has been made to study the relationship between the scholastic achievement of tribal high school students in relation to their educational aspiration. Normative survey method was employed in this study and it was conducted in the Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu state. In the selection of sample, various bases for stratification such as gender, and type of family, medium of instruction and parental occupation were taken into consideration. It is found that the scholastic achievement of high school students is average. The students of different scholastic achievement groups (high, average, low) seem to possess different educational aspiration. Also, it is found that there is a positive and significant relationship between scholastic achievement and educational aspiration.