Factors Affecting Academic Success - A Study on 10th Class Students of Rural and Urban Government Schools, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Authors

  • Sankara Pitchaiah Podila  Department of Geology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST19618

Keywords:

Academic Success, Rural and Urban Schools, Concentration, Memory, Handwriting, Fears and Phobias.

Abstract

Student’s academic success depends and various factors, some of them are concentration, memory, friends, health, handwriting, fears and phobias, etc. Six questions were put before the students and the response was taken. A total of 1198, 10th class students was participated from rural (517) and urban (681) schools, in and around Guntur Municipal Corporation. The study revealed that significant variation is present between rural and urban students in relation to memory and handwriting. 34.15% of rural students were expressed recall problem against 19.41% of urban school students. But 22.45% of urban students were highlighted handwriting problem. It is only 14.15%, in the case of rural students. The percentage of other factors were more or less similar for rural and urban students.

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2019-01-30

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Volume 6, Issue 1, January-February-2019

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Sankara Pitchaiah Podila, " Factors Affecting Academic Success - A Study on 10th Class Students of Rural and Urban Government Schools, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp.66-72, January-February-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST19618