ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AND SELF - CONFIDENCE

Abstract

Achievement of Students in Education is considered to be the ideal function of system of Education. Preparing the students toward excellence is the goal of education system in this technical era. The increase in intricacies due to advent of technology is enormous. The students of the present situation are more tech savvy and indulge in smart work and more prone to practice procrastination and which reflects on the self-confidence. The present study examines the relationship between academic achievement, academic procrastination and self- confidence of higher secondary school. Standardised tool was administered on a sample of 200 students selected randomly from Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, and India. The investigator found that there existed significant inverse relationship between achievement and procrastination. Students with high self-confidence cope and bounce back to normalcy and that with low self-confidence are found to have poor achievement