Academic Performance of Youth in Kurnool City of Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the academic performance youth and to find out the difference of demographic variables on their academic performance. The study was conducted on 544 youth including 292 girls and 252 boys studying in various degree colleges of Kurnool Town. Socio demographic questionnaire was used to collect general information from the youth and the academic performance was assessed by taking average percentage of their marks secured in various public/ university examinations. Around 3/4th (76.1%) of youth were average, 14.5 and 9.4 per cent were high and low in their academic performance respectively. The mean academic performance of youth is 68.84 per cent with a standard deviation of 9.8. The academic performance of girls and urban youth was significantly higher than their counterparts at 0.01 levels. The academic performance of urban youth was significantly higher than rural youth at 0.01 levels. There was significant difference of educational level of mother, occupations of parents on academic performance of youth. The mean academic performance of youth of parents having intermediate level of education and doing business was higher than other groups.