DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i09.029

Pages: 1312-1316

Academic achievement plays an important role in holistic development of the students which refers to the level of success attained by the students in the academic work or in the curricular subjects prescribed within the syllabus. The present study is an effort to focus on academic achievement of female students of secondary schools of Rangia Sub-Division of Kamrup (Rural) District, Assam in relation to their socio-economic status. The present study used Descriptive or Survey method. Purposive sampling method was adopted for selecting the schools and incidental sampling was used for selecting the student sample in the present study. This study was carried out on a sample of 90 female students studying in the ten secondary schools of Rangia Sub-division of Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam. It was evident from the present study that socio-economic status and academic achievement of female students are significantly correlated.