Child-Rearing Practices and Academic Achievement of High and Low-Achieving Underprivileged Girls-A Comparative Study

In the present study after understanding the nature, objectives, and purpose of the study the investigator applied the “Descriptive Survey” method. In the present study, the researcher found out the difference in the child-rearing practices adopted for high and low-achieving underprivileged girls, the difference in the academic achievement of urban and rural underprivileged girls, and the relationship between child-rearing practices and the academic achievement of underprivileged girls. The data was collected by administering the self-constructed questionnaire on child-rearing practices from the sample of 50 rural underprivileged girls and 50 urban underprivileged girls using the purposive sampling technique. The study used quantitative data, which was subjected to t-test analysis. The findings of the study showed that there exists no significant difference in the academic achievement of rural and urban underprivileged girls but a significant difference was found in the child-rearing practices adopted for low and high-underprivileged girls. The findings of the study also showed that there exists a significant relationship between child-rearing practices and academic achievement of low and high-underprivileged girls.