• Mrs. Trishna Bhuyan
• Dr. Asomi Chaliha

In the rapidly changing emerging society, the place of education has become very crucial. Quality of performance is considered as the indicator for personal development. Academic achievement plays a very significant and vital role in the fulfillment of the aims of life of an individual. At the time of admission, for entrance to any kind of job, for scholarships, for further studies and so on, the scholastic record is the main base. It portrays the individual. Parent today set high ambition to educate the children. They expect that their child climbs the ladder of success to the highest possible level. The support given by parents exerts significant influence on children’s interest, aspirations, attitudes and achievement. People who encourage their child to do their academic activities in a better way definitely help to achieve better result and motivate them to progress more. Because mostly the greater motivator and role models of children are parents. When parents are highly educated and ambitious definitely their children also imitate their parents and try to make idol life through good education and high degree of achievement. In fact, academic achievement is related with parental encouragement. In this background, the present study was an attempt to see the relationship between parental encouragement and academic achievement of the Higher Secondary 2nd year students of Lakhimpur District of Assam.

Parental Encouragement, Academic Achievement

"A STUDY ON PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HIGHER SECONDARY 2ND YEAR STUDENTS OF LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT OF ASSAM ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.451-458, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904568.pdf

"A STUDY ON PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HIGHER SECONDARY 2ND YEAR STUDENTS OF LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT OF ASSAM ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp451-458, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904568.pdf