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Paper Tile : Does Private Coaching Results in Better Academic Achievement? A Study of Secondary School Students of Mumbai

Authors : Mr.Rahul Dandekar and Prof.Manisha Karne

Abstract

This paper makes an attempt to examine the efficiency of private coaching in influencing the educational outcome for the students at secondary school level in Mumbai. The link between exposure to private coaching and academic performance in school-age children has been widely observed in recent decades across many sociocultural situations. The present study aimed at finding out whether there exist any difference in the academic achievement of secondary school students on the basis of their exposure to private coaching. It also tries to identify whether socioeconomic status of students is affecting their exposure to the private coaching. The sample consisted of 643 secondary school students from various schools of Mumbai. In order to collect data, relevant information related to academic achievement and exposure to private coaching was also collected. The results of the present study revealed that there is a significant difference in the academic achievement of secondary school students on the basis of their exposure to the private coaching. Academic achievement of students going to the private coaching is greater than the academic achievement of students not going to the private coaching.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Exposure to private coaching, Socio-economic status, Secondary school students

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Does Private Coaching Results in Better Academic Achievement? A Study of Secondary School Students of Mumbai

E-Journal details

Title of the Journal : XAVIERIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE - A Peer Reviewed Interdisciplinary Journal.

Frequency : Biannual

eISSN No. : 2583-357X

Subscription : Open Access e-journal

Publisher : St.Xavier’s Institute of Education, Mumbai

Place: 40 A , New Marine Lines, Opp.State Bank of India, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400 020

Editor in Chief : Dr.Sosamma Samuel

Starting year : 2022

First Published : March 2022

Subject : Education - Interdisciplinary

Medium of Language : English

Mode of publication : e-journal Biannual

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Vol. 1. Issue 2 published on 4th October 2022

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