Home environment acts as a vital factor in students’ academic achievement

The aim of the study is to find out the relationship between academic achievement and home environment of high school students with reference to gender, type of family and parents’ educational qualification. In the present study normative survey method was employed and to assess the academic achievement of the high school students (X standard students), the board examination total marks (2015) is taken into account and for the assessment of Home environment, the tool was constructed and validated by Aaliya Aktar and Dr.Shail Bala Saxena (2013). For the purpose of the study a sample of 400 high school students were selected through stratified random sampling technique. The results reveal that the level of academic achievement and home environment of high school students is average level. There exists is a significant relationship between the academic achievement and home environment of high school students.