DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i03.027

Pages: 673-678

The purpose of the study is to find out the level of depression and academic achievement among higher secondary school students with respect to Gender, Locality, Medium of Instruction and Type of management. Survey method was adopted to collect the relevant data for the present study. Depression Inventory developed and standardized by the Beck et al., (1961) and it was used to collect data for the present study. The Investigator randomly Selected 310 Higher Secondary students studying in Government and Private schools in and around Tiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. For analyzing the data mean, standard deviation and ‘t’-test are used. The major findings of the study are: The most of higher secondary students have moderate level of depression and academic achievement. With regard to gender, the female higher secondary students have higher depression compared to male students but there is no significant difference in academic achievement with respect to gender. The rural higher secondary students have higher depression compared to urban students. The urban higher secondary students have higher academic achievement compared to rural students. The Government higher secondary students have higher depression compared to private school students. The study reveals that the private higher secondary students have higher academic achievement compared to government students. The study results show negative relationship between depression and academic achievement of higher secondary students.