A study on academic achievement of elementary grade learners of Arunachal Pradesh in mathematics: causes of poor academic achievement

This study focused to find out the academic achievement of the elementary learners in Mathematics subjects. It is attempt to find out the causes of poor performance in mathematic subject. For this purpose, normative survey method of research has employed. The sample consists of 2097 government schools from eight districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The study indicates that hardly 10% learners are found above 60% marks in mathematics. It is interpreted that the 7th grade learners of Arunachal Pradesh are extremely poor in mathematics. Therefore, the teacher’s training in states need to work out the new strategies for the qualitative improvement of mathematics teachers. When the academic performance goes down, it is not only the students and teachers are at fault, but, the teachers’ Training Institutes are also equally responsible and these institutes need to understand their responsibilities on the state of Arunachal Pradesh. This study thus assumes significance as it will help the teacher to have a bird’s eye view on the existing poor performance of the subject.