Social Maturity of Secondary School Students In Relation To the Academic Achievement

Abstract

The present research work was undertaken to study the social maturity among secondary school students. The study was conducted on a sample of 576 students of                    9^th class selected from rural and urban schools of Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. Social maturity scale by Dr.Nalini Rao was used. The data was analysed by statistical techniques t-test and Karl Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (r). The findings of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in the social maturity among male and female secondary school students. There is no significant difference between Rural and Urban students in their social maturity.  There is no significant difference between English medium and Telugu medium students in their social maturity. Positive correlation was found between social maturity and academic achievement of the secondary school students.