The Impact of Religious Practices and Values on Academic Achievements of Students at Secondary Level

Abstract

Islam is our religion and a complete way of life for Muslims. Islam is the religion which gives complete directions and advices for all matters of life whether they would be personal or educational, economic or political, social or religious. For secondary level students when they are on the critical stage of their lives, it is necessary to teach them religious practices and values. Teachers should practice themselves as the role models for students. The objectives of this study were to find out the perception of teachers about religious practices and values, to explore the views of students about religious practices and values and to find out the impact of religious practices and values on the academic achievement of students. This study is of descriptive type. All students and teachers of Read Foundation high schools in district Bagh comprise the population of this study. The sample consists of students and teachers of10 schools which were selected on convenient basis. 400 students and 200 teachers were selected randomly as respondents for data collection. The questionnaire was used for data collection. The data has been collected personally by visiting schools of Read Foundation and analyzed by tables showing frequency and percentage through (SPSS-23). Findings show that majority of the teachers agreed that giving knowledge of religious practices and values should be obligatory for a teacher. Similarly, the majority of the students agreed that students should seek knowledge of religious practices and values for their educational achievement. The result has been discussed with the relevance of previous researches. It was observed that almost all students and teachers agreed with the researcher’s views that Islamic religious practices and values have more distinct impact on students’ academic achievement.

Keywords: Religious Practices, Values, Academic Achievement

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-12-05

Publication date: April 30^th 2019