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Article : SOCIAL VALUES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS
Author Name : K.Velu and Dr.R.Rajalakshmi
Abstract : Values are dreams and ideals that a society wants to accomplish. The key institution in accomplishing the ideals of a society is education. Societies without ideals cannot be happy (Kanad, 1942). The only way to be a values society, information society and stay as a nation is education. The present study is the investigation of Social Values and Academic Achievement of higher secondary students. The researcher has adopted normative survey method. All the higher secondary students of Kanchipuram district constituted the population of the study. Random sampling technique was adopted and the total sample is 1050 higher secondary students. Social Value questionnaire was constructed and validated by the investigator and the research supervisor. The objectives of the study were to find out the level of Social Values and Academic Achievement of higher secondary school students. The findings of the study revealed that the level of Social Values and Academic Achievement of higher secondary students is moderate. It was also found that there exists a positive relationship between Social Values and Academic Achievement of higher secondary students.
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