A Study on Effects of Co-Curricular Activities on Academic Achievements of Secondary School Students in District Quetta

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the effect of Co-Curricular-Activities on the Academic-achievement of Secondary School Students in District Quetta. The purpose of this study is to find out how much boys and girls have an interest and participation in Co-Curricular-Activities. The study is Exploratory and the author used Pearson Correlation to explore the relation between Co-Curricular-Activities and Academic Achievement. Co-Curricular-Activities are the Independent Variable and Academic-achievement is the Dependent Variable of this study. The population of this study is all of the Secondary Schools of District Quetta. The researcher selected the sample of 386 (191 Boys and 195 Girls) secondary school students of grade 10^th from 10 different secondary schools in Zarghoon Town, Quetta. The author of the study used the Stratified random sampling technique and carried out the Questionnaire Survey method to examine the relationship between Co-Curricular-Activities with Academic-Achievements using the Class 9^th annual examination of Balochistan Board, Quetta. The analysis of the data in this study revealed that boy students were more active in Co-Curricular-Activities at the secondary level. The Pearson Correlation value indicates that Co-Curricular-Activities have a positive link with academic improvement.