Correlation between Co-Curricular Activities and Academic Achievement of Students

Abstract

Student interest in co-curricular exercises makes positive school associations through expanded his commitment outside of the study atmosphere. A couple of instances of exercises outside the school may incorporate professional social exercises. Co-curricular activities furnish students with development openings that manage authority, working with others, and scholastic goals. The descriptive research was conducted for this purpose. The study was correlation in nature. The population of the study was all the college students, both male and females of government and private sector of district Lahore. The tool that designed to collect data was a questionnaire that constructed on likert scale. There is a moderate positive relationship between participation in co-curricular activities and academic achievement of the students. It is concluded that co-curricular activities play a major role in the academic achievement of the students at college level. The students who actively participate in co-curricular activities have higher percentages than those students who do not participate.

Keywords: co-curricular activities, commitment, and academic achievement.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-1-03

Publication date: January 31^st 2020