Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Satish Chand Bhadwal ¹, Vimal Kishor ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Education, H.P. University, Shimla (HP) -171005, IN
2 Department of Education, H.P. University, Shimla (HP)-171005, IN

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying and studying Extreme Cases with respect to the award of internal assessment scores by different teacher-training institutions affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 in selected eight courses of Bachelor of Education Programme. The sample for the study included all the candidates who passed their B.Ed. examination during the academic sessions 2007-08, 2008- 09 and 2009-10. The results indicated that there is an excessive tendency towards over-marking in internal assessment and also that the internal assessment scores mostly fall towards the higher end of the scale in Bachelor of Education Programme run by Himachal Pradesh University. The over marking may be ascribed to the facts that (i) the prescribed internal assessment policy is vague, (ii) there is absence of moderation policy either at institutional or university level, and (iii) the teachers or institutions are not accountable for under or over marking.

Keywords

Extreme Case, Bachelor of Education Programme, Himachal Pradesh University, Internal Assessment

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Vimal Kishor ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Education, School of Professional Studies, Sikkim University (A Central University), 6th Mile, Samdur, PO Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim- 737102, IN

Abstract

The main objective of the present investigation was to study the influence of parental encouragement on students' academic achievement of high school students. The sample comprised of 200 high school students out of which 100 students from government schools and 100 from private schools. For the present study, the parental encouragement scale developed and standardized by Dr. R.R. Sharma was used to meet the objectives. To test the hypotheses descriptive statistics, 't' test and product moment coefficient of correlation has been used. The results revealed that government and private high school students differ significantly on their parental encouragement and academic achievement. Further, the study revealed that there is a significant and positive relationship between parental encouragement and academic achievement of government and private high school students.

Keywords

Parental Encouragement, Academic Achievement, High School Students.

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