A Study of the Level of Self-Confidence among High and Low Achiever School Students

Aim- The purpose of the present study is to study the level of self-confidence of school students. It also investigated the region as well as academic achievers’ differences regarding these variables. Method: Samples were selected by a stratified random sampling method. A total sample of 100 students from class XI and XII schools studying in different schools and streams under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was selected. For data collection, Agnihotri’s self-confidence inventory, developed by Agnihotri (1987), was used for data collection. The data was analyzed using percentages, means, standard deviations, and the t-test. Results- The overall population’s high and average levels of self-confidence were found to be 40 and 38 percent, respectively. The t-ratio (2.04) for self-confidence and academic achievers (high and low achievers) was significant (P<0.05). The mean score (18.45) for high-achieving students was higher in confidence in comparison to low-achieving students (21.54). The t-ratio (6.56) for the region (urban and rural) was significant (P<0.01). Conclusions: Maximum cases ranged between average and high levels of self-confidence among the total sample. High achievers have high levels of self-confidence and low achievers have average levels of self-confidence and they are significantly different from each other. The level of self-confidence is higher among urban compared to rural school students.