• Azkia Khan
• Dr Mujibul Hasan Siddiqui

The present study aimed to investigate the influence of Parental Education on academic performance of secondary school students in science. The sample of the study consisted of 168 students of class X and out of these 168 students 100 were boys and 68 were girls randomly selected from 3 secondary schools of Aligarh. For the present study the researcher used Socio- Economic Status Scale developed by Dr Meenakshi in 2011 for finding educational status of parents and academic performance was taken from previous class annual exam marks in science . Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Linear Regression were used for analysis of data. The results showed that there was significant and positive relationship between Parental Education and academic performance of secondary school students in science.

Parental Education, Academic Performance , Secondary School Students

"Influence of parental education on academic performance of secondary school students in science", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.697-700, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907696.pdf

"Influence of parental education on academic performance of secondary school students in science", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp697-700, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907696.pdf