• MANJUNATHA BK
• Dr. H>R. Jayamma

Personality is one of the factor impacts on academic achievement of the students. The present research is to find out relationship of academic achievement of Students from backward classes residing at Pre Metric Hostels with their personality development and also to find out the effect of personality on academic achievement of Students from backward classes of Bangalore Rural and Urban Districts. The present study is chosen as descriptive normative survey method. A total of 100 students were selected by stratified random technique. This sample included 50 boys and 50 girls totaling 100 students of residing in Pre Metric Hostels of Urban and Rural Districts of Bangalore. Personality Development Scale developed by the Researcher was used for data collection and Academic Achievement of the students was collected from office records from their respective schools. Analysis was done by using Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation and independent ‘t’ test as a statistical techniques. The correlation analysis revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between Academic Achievement and Personality Development of Students from backward classes residing at Pre Metric Hostels. The study also found that there was significant difference in the Academic Achievement of students having different levels of Personality Development of Students from backward classes residing at Pre Metric Hostels. The study also found that there was no significant difference in Academic Achievement of students from backward classes boys and girls residing at Pre Metric Hostels. Further it was also observed that there was significant difference in the Academic Achievement of urban and rural students. The study concluded that students who had better personality development had higher achievement. Students from backward classes from hostels are more prone to problems due to many reasons. So they should be brought-up in appropriate atmosphere. Therefore, good and challenging tasks should be created to channelize their energy at hostels. This could be done both in educational setting as well as in social and family environment. Thus it is very essential to emulate the Personality Traits to help learners to develop suitable Personality Type which in-turn boost up their Academic Achievement.

Personality Development, Academic Achievement, Students from backward classes

"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS FROM BACKWARD CLASSES RESIDING AT PRE METRIC HOSTELS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.115-120, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905V71.pdf

"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS FROM BACKWARD CLASSES RESIDING AT PRE METRIC HOSTELS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp115-120, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905V71.pdf