Impact of Educational Environment at Home on the Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Northwaziristanagency, Fedarlly Administerd Tribal Area, Pakistan

Abstract

Parents and families have very important andeffective role in their wards’ lives.This study was survey type in nature. The key target of the study was to find out the impact of Educational Environment at Home on the academic achievement ofSecondary Schools Students in North Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Area,(FATA), Pakistan. All the students of 10^th class as well as parents of the same students of both Public and Private Schools in North Waziristan were the population of the study. The total respondents of sample were 440 (220 parents while 220 10^th class students).Two separate questionnaires were used to collect data from both students and parents by using five point Likert scale.Data was entered into SPSS (Version 16.0); Descriptive statistics, frequency and percentage and Linear Regression was used to analyze the impact of educational environment at home on the academic achievement of Secondary school students in North Waziristan. According to the concludedresults the impact of Educational Environment at home was identified and was linked withthe academic achievement of Secondary students. Some recommendations were also given at the end of the study.

Keywords: Educational Environment, Academic Achievement,Public Schools, Private School, North Waziristan.