Happiness and its Relationship with Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary Students
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https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2024/v14/i1/2533Keywords:
Happiness, Academic Achievement, Senior Secondary StudentsAbstract
This research aims to study the level of happiness and its relationship with the academic achievement of senior secondary students studying in government and private schools of Jaipur province in Rajasthan. For this purpose, 157 students studying in class XI in government and private schools in both rural and urban areas of Jaipur province were randomly selected. The sample consists of 78 male and 79 female students. Results show that most of the students have an average level of happiness. Female students are happier than male students. Besides this, the happiness level of senior secondary students is positively correlated with their academic achievement, however, there is no significant correlation between the two.
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