Vol. 4, Issue 12, Part C (2018)

Abstract
The present study is intended to examine the parental encouragement and achievement motivation among secondary school students. Descriptive survey method was used in the study. Sample for the present study were 400 secondary school students selected by simple random sampling method with 100 male urban, 100 male rural, 100 female urban, and 100 female rural secondary school students. Parental Encouragement was measured by Parent Encouragement Scale by Kusum Aggarwal (1999) and Achievement Motivation was measured with Achievement Motivation Scale by Pratibha Deo and Asha Mohan (2018). Statistical Techniques which were employed to interpret the data are t-test and correlation. The findings of the study show that male secondary school students were having more parental encouragement than female students. It was also found that urban secondary school students were having more parental encouragement than rural students. It was also found that male students are having more achievement motivation than female students. Furthermore it was found that urban secondary school students are having more achievement motivation than rural students. A significant positive correlation was found between parental encouragement and achievement motivation.