• Dr. Vineeta Rana

Achievement motivation is essentially a type of motivation that is personal in nature. Motive to achieve, in other words, achievement motive is the basis of achievement motivation. Those who engage themselves on achievement motive are said to work under the spirit of achievement motivation. Generally, achievement motivation is the expectancy of finding satisfaction in proficiency of hard and challenging performance while in the field of education. In more certain way, it stands for quest of excellence. A motive comes into picture when an individual knows that his performance will be evaluated and that the consequences of his actions will be either a success or failure and that good performance will produce a feeling of pride in accomplishment. To analyse the complexity of human behaviour, theory of motivation through understanding of achievement motivation is indispensable and the role of achievement motivation cannot be ignored in case of development of individual personality. Each individual is unique and each individual is born with capacities. Achievement motivation is determined by various aspects i.e., intellectual level interest, aptitude, mental and physical health personality etc. and various environment forces i.e., social economic status, rural and urban background, family relationships type of schooling. The knowledge of all these factors will be helpful in assessment of achievement motivation. The present study is undertaken with main objective like: To find out the difference of achievement motivation between girls and boys of government school, between girls and boys of private school. In the same way difference of achievement motivation between girls and boys of government school, academic achievement between girls and boys of government school, girls and boys of private school. For sample 120 students of class 12th have been selected. It has been found that there are no significant differences in mean score of achievement motivation between girls and boys of government schools.

Keywords: Achievement, motivation, Adolescent, Academic Achievement.

"A STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF ADOLESCENT ON IN THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.f809-f817, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208588.pdf

"A STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF ADOLESCENT ON IN THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppf809-f817, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208588.pdf