Impact of School Environment on Academic Achievement if Secondary School Students at Vellore Educational District

Abstract

Education is a dynamic process, which involves imparting knowledge, generating interests and curiosity, inculcating desirable attitudes and values and developing essential skills required for independent study.  the environment influences on the academic achievement of the students, the investigator tries to find out the impact of school environment factors on achievement. The survey method was employed and selected the Vellore educational district for this study. The investigator has used stratified random sampling technique for selecting sample from the population.  The sample consists of 300 students found that secondary students have high level of school environment. It is found out that there is positive relationship between the school environment and academic achievement. To make the achievement to a high level, efforts must be taken to strengthen the school environment.