ABSTRACT
Backgrounds & Aims: The research attempt has been made (1) to study the effect of school on academic self-concept and academic achievement of adolescents (2) to study the effect of area on academic self-concept and academic achievement of adolescents. It was hypothesized that academic self-concept and academic achievement of adolescents would be higher in high facility schools as compared to low facility schools and academic self-concept and academic achievements of adolescents would also be higher in urban areas as compared to rural areas. To measure academic self-concept, Indian adaptation of Marsh Academic Self Description Questionnaire II (ASDQ), was used. The marks in two previous annual school examinations were obtained from the school records to get an index of academic achievement of the student along with the personal data sheet. With these instrument data was collected and analyzed by using MANOVA, a statistical technique. Investigations tend to report facilitating effect of types of school on students’ academic self-concept and academic achievement. Results: Academic self-concept and academic achievement of adolescents were higher in the high facility schools than the low facility schools. Academic achievement of urban adolescents was also higher as compared to rural adolescents. In has long been a theme in education that a student needs a good academic self-concept in order to be success in their later life. To achieve this success, school and area of residence do effect the adolescent’s academic self-concept and academic achievement by developing high facility, organized ,supportive and good environment in the schools. Conclusion: The results of the present study suggest that these facility of school and area of residence influence students’ academic self-concept and academic achievement.