Achievement in English of IX- Standard Students in relation to their Parental Encouragement

In this study, an attempt has been made to study the Achievement in English of IX standard students in relation their Parental Encouragement. For Achievement in English, the student’s quarterly examination marks have been taken for this study and Parental Encouragement scale developed by K J Prabhu and R Sivakumar, were used to collect the data from a sample of 80 IX- standard students studying in Thiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. The survey method has been followed and simple random sampling technique was used in administration of the research tools. The results of the analysis reveals that the level of Achievement in English and Parental Encouragement has been average. It is concluded that there is significant difference between male and female IX- standard students with respect to their Achievement in English and Parental Encouragement and that there is significant difference between Rural and Urban resident IX -Standard students with respect to their Achievement in English and Parental Encouragement. The study also reveals that there is significant and positive relationship between Achievement in English and Parental Encouragement of IX standard Students.