Author(s): Vaibhav Rana and Aruna Sirohi

Abstract:
In view of the enhanced academic motivation and critical thinking among the students of Private schools the author attempted to compare the difference in academic achievement among the students of Government and private schools of Meerut district. A total of 600 students were selected, which comprised of 300 students from Government schools and 300 from Private schools. The sample comprised of both the gender. The samples were selected through systematic sampling and the last year’s academic result was collected from the analysis. The findings have revealed that boys of Private schools were academically better and differed significantly to that of Government school students whereas, mean academic performance of private school girls were better than girls of Government schools but did not differed significantly. Thus the study concluded that beside academic motivation and critical thinking the other factors like duration of study and effort put by the students may also play a significant role.

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