A study on social competence, level of aspiration and academic achievement of secondary school students of district pulwama (J&K India)

The purpose of the present research is to explore the social competence, level of aspiration and academic achievement of secondary school students, to identify whether their social competence, level of aspiration and academic achievement vary by gender and also to find the relationship between the various variables of social competence, level of aspiration and academic achievement. The sample of the study consisted 324 secondary school students (162 male and 162 female) of various educational zones of Pulwama district of J&K. The tools used for the present study were V.P Sharma, Prabha Shukla and Kiran Shukla’s Social Competence Scale and Mahesh Bhargava’s and M.A Shah’s Level of Aspiration Scale. The data was analyzed by mean, SD, t-test and Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation. The result of the study reveals that male secondary school students were significantly high on social competence, level of aspiration and academic achievement as compared to female secondary school students. It has also been found there is a positive relationship between different variables of social competence, level of aspiration and academic achievement.