Fulfilled Needs for Scholastic Deeds: Post-Pandemic Investigation of Need Satisfaction and Academic Achievement

The behaviors and motivations of people are as frequently changing as the circumstances in which people find themselves which was evident throughout the world during and post the COVID 19 pandemic. Decline in academic interest and intrinsic motivation in college students is a problem faced by students around the world even before the onset of pandemic. Student’s perception of their need satisfaction and academic achievement are therefore related and humans need their basic needs met before academic learning can be fully embraced. The current study investigates the relationship between the perceived satisfaction of needs and academic achievement of college students in Bangalore of the age group 18 to 24. The Needs Satisfaction Assessment for Students developed by Michael Caraccio in 2017 was used as a tool in data collection during the year 2022. The results of the study revealed that there is significant relationship between need satisfaction and academic achievement, significant difference between the ranking of importance of need and ranking of satisfied needs, significant prediction of academic achievement by all the specific need domains and significant difference in the level of satisfaction of needs based on the student’s various demographic variables. The implication of the study is for all stakeholders in the education system towards increasing attention in providing a healthy environment focusing on individual need satisfaction in educational institutions and in families and communities that would build their protective factors in the face of stress and anxiety especially during times of uncertainty and promote scholastic achievements and academic motivation.