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ABSTRACT
The human self-confidence conquered nature and made slave for the welfare of mankind, and in the process, can even create the things which were not even available in the world before. Behind all the technological progresses are the determined efforts of hundreds of dedicated men and women, who faced all the challenges to make their dream, comes true. Many of what we see today as solid facts of life and proof of man's achievements were only mere ideas yesterday in the minds of a few men of great self-confidence. Those ideas would not have become realities, had they not put the will and determination to their ideas into practice. All men of achievement had the blessing of tremendous will power in their makeup, and history is full of names of such men of achievement. It is everywhere seen that in this remaking of one's destiny, there is negative and there is a positive approach. The negative approach essentially is careful observance of the quality and texture of our thoughts, detecting the dissipations within, and eradicating those false values and wrong tendencies in our thought-patterns. The present study aims to examine the relationship between the academic achievement and self confidence. This research attempt to determine that academic achievement can effect on the level of self confidence in school going children. It is recognized by the result that the level of self confidence, variables have been effected by the academic achievement. A study of the effect of academic achievement on level of self confidence improvement was done on 100 subjects (50 males and 50 females) to measure self confidence. The researcher used the tools named self confidence inventory test. Self confidence is measured with help of reliable and valid psychological test developed by Agnihotry (1987). Quota sampling method was used to select sample. Ex post research design was used in research methodology. The result of this study shows that academic achievement had remarkable effect on level of self confidence males and females. Self confidence had significant result on high academic achiever.
Keywords: Academic achievement, Self confidence, Students.
INTRODUCTION
Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic views of themselves and their situations. Self-confident people trust their own abilities, have a...