Author: Sk Sanuar & Dr. B. Phalachandra
Abstract: This research aims to investigate the secondary school academic performance of Muslim students in the Paschim Medinipur area of West Bengal in relation to their parents’ aspirations. Using the Purposive Sample approach, the researchers chose 40 Muslim secondary school children and their parents from both rural and urban areas in the Paschim Medinipur region of West Bengal. The study’s goals are to determine whether parental aspirations have any bearing on the academic achievement of Muslim students pursuing secondary education in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal and to evaluate the academic achievement of Muslim students pursuing secondary education in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal based on their gender and residential area. For the current study, the researcher used the Normative Survey method for fulfilling the objectives. The population of the present study consists of Muslim Students studying at the secondary level in the schools of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. Using the purposive sample approach, the researcher has chosen 40 Muslim secondary school pupils from the current population. Both primary and secondary data were employed in the investigation. Primary data on parental aspirations were gathered via the use of a questionnaire with 20 items that asked parents about their goals for their children’s education. The second section included 29 assertions at first, but when experts analyzed them, nine of them were eliminated based on their recommendations. So the final version is of 20 statements. On the other hand, the data on academic achievement have been collected from the school record. Collected data were tabulated and analyzed with Mean, SD, and t-test in the SPSS.20 version software. The findings of the study indicate that the students who have high parental aspiration have lower academic achievement and the students who have lower parental aspiration have higher academic achievement. It signifies a negative correlation between the academic achievement and the parental aspiration.
Keywords: Academic Performance, Parental Aspiration, Secondary School Student, Muslim.