Factors affecting students’ academic performance
Introduction
Today’s generation teenager who is in the pivotal level of school life – class XII, has to go through multiple dilemmas, and has many concerns which probably a teenager, couple of generations ago did not have. CBSE and its new grading system, schools with their modern IT (or other innovative) teaching pedagogy, peer and parental influence – are few things which are probably constantly influencing the student Also the criticality of this stage of a student’s life is more acute considering the fact that scores achieved in these exams are considered very important for getting into university, professional courses or training programs, and even possibly in finding employment. . In India, academic performance is often understood as the parameter for judging ones capabilities and future potential. In a country where the supply of qualified and educated population surpasses the demand, the importance of marks increases multifold. This adds further pressure of the students to perform well in their XII standard board exams as it may be a determinant of their future careers. Having said so, it should be noted that a student simultaneously prepares for other competitive exams as well in this very pivotal stage.
Our research aims at studying the education industry of the country and analyze different factors that may have a bearing on the performance of students ( XII grade). We will focus only on students in the XII grade as the importance of the result of this examination is considered most important by the corporate world and the society. The research will be carried out across the CBSE schools of Delhi/NCR. The study aims at highlighting the major factors which need to be focused upon by students, teachers, parents and school alike, while preparing for the Board exams. In the end it will also enable the students to draw a fine line between effective preparation