Study on the Relation Between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of Higher Secondary Students

: The present study aimed at examining the relationship between mental health and academic achievement of school students. For this purpose 230 students (Boys-108 & Girls-122) were selected from four different schools where two urban and two rural school of Raiganj Block in Uttar Dinajpur district. The marks obtained in class ‘XI’ of West Bengal Higher Secondary Board was used as the indicator of academic achievement. The academic achievement scores of the sample were collected by stratified random sampling technique which considered as Descriptive research methodology. The result showed that urban students was mentally healthy than rural students. Mentally health was positively related with the academic achievement.

excellence in sporting, behavior, confidence, communication skills, punctualities, assertiveness, arts, culture and the like.Academic achievement is among the most thoroughly studied social consequence of mental health problems.
Objective of the study: Every investigation investigated in the purpose to fulfill some objectives, thus the study also has some unique and genuine objectives to achieve, and specific objectives of this study were-1.To measure the mental health of the students in class XII. 2. To explore the relation of academic achievement level (higher & lower) with mental health in status of the higher secondary school students.3. To explore the relation between mental health and academic achievement among the students class XII in the terms of their Gender and locality.Hypotheses (null) of the study: To fulfill the selected objective, the investigator constructed the following Null hypotheses of the study -H0.1: There would be no significant correlation between students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 2: There would be no significant correlation between boy students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 3: There would be no significant correlation between girl students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 4: There would be no significant correlation between rural students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 5: There would be no significant correlation between urban students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 6: There would be no significant correlation between rural boy students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 7: There would be no significant correlation between rural girl students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 8: There would be no significant correlation between urban boy students' mental health and academic achievement.H0. 9: There would be no significant correlation between urban girl students' mental health and academic achievement.Variables: In this study, the mental health and academic achievement of the students were considered as the research variables and gender and locality were considered as the independent variables.Sample: A sample of 230 students who studying in class twelve, different schools of Raiganj Block in Uttar Dinajpur District of West Bengal, selected on stratified random basis for the present study.The investigator selected two higher secondary schools from urban and two higher secondary schools from rural areas of Raiganj Block in Uttar Dinajpur District in the state of West Bengal.The stratification was based on gender (male & female) and level of achievement (High achievers & Low achievers).Higher achievers, who obtained marks above 65% and low achievers who obtained marks 50% in their Eleventh class examination.This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the higher secondary students (N=230) are positive and statistically non-significant (r=.057, p>0.005).Hence the null hypothesis (H0. 1) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a no-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the higher secondary students.H0. 2: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of male students' higher secondary level.
Correlations This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the male students (N=108) will be negative and statistically non-significant (r=-.077,p>0.005).Hence the null hypothesis (H0.2) accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a no-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the male students of higher secondary level.H0. 3: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of female students' higher secondary level.
Correlations a = Gender (Female) This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the female students (N=122) of higher secondary class are positive and statistically significant (r=.195 * , p>0.005).Hence the null hypothesis (H0. 3) will be rejected and it may be interpreted that there is a significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the female students of higher secondary level.

H0. 4:
There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of urban students' higher secondary level.
Correlations This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the urban students (N=74) are positive and statistically non-significant (r=.202, p>0.005).Hence the null hypothesis (H0.4) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a non-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the urban students of higher secondary level.H0. 5: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of rural students' higher secondary level.
Correlations This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the rural students (N=156) are negative and statistically non-significant (r=-.071,p>0.005).Hence, the null hypothesis (H0.5) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a non-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the rural students of higher secondary level.H0. 6: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of urban male students' higher secondary level.
Correlations This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the urban male students (N=34) are positive and statistically non-significant (r=.175, p>0.005).Hence, the null hypothesis (H0.6) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a non-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the urban male students of higher secondary level.H0. 7: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of urban female students' higher secondary level.This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the urban female students (N=40) are positive and statistically non-significant (r=.166, p>0.005).Hence, the null hypothesis (H0.7) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a non-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the urban female students of higher secondary level.H0. 8: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of rural male students' higher secondary level.

Correlations a
Mental This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the rural male students (N=74) are negative and statistically non-significant (r=-.185,p>0.005).Hence, the null hypothesis (H0.8) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a non-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the rural male students of higher secondary level.H0. 9: There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of rural female students' higher secondary level.

Correlations a
Mental This table shows that the relation between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of the rural students (N=156) are positive and statistically non-significant (r=.098, p>0.005).Hence, the null hypothesis (H0.9) will be accepted and it may be interpreted that there is a non-significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the rural female students of higher secondary level.

Findings of the study:
• There was a non-significant positive correlation (r=0.57,p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total students.• There was a non-significant negative correlation (r=-.077,p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total male students.• There was a significant positive correlation (r=.195, p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total female students.• There was a non-significant positive correlation (r=.202, p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total urban students.• There was a non-significant negative correlation (r=-.071,p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total rural students.• There was a non-significant positive correlation (r=.175, p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total urban male students.• There was a non-significant positive correlation (r=.166, p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total urban female students.• There was a non-significant negative correlation (r=-.185,p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total rural male students.• There was a non-significant positive correlation (r=.098, p>0.005) between mental health and academic achievement of the total rural female students.

Discussion and Results of the study :
The study concluded that the students' mental health is the major factor for their academic achievement as it was found that maximum is positively correlated with the academic achievement of the students, which is an indication for the increased academic achievement for those who showed a higher level of mental health.studieshave also show that mental health of a students has maximum effects on their academic performance.Hypothesis has also proved that there is a significant difference between total female of secondary school at Raiganj block as rural areas girls are getting less educational opportunity.Parents and teachers attitude towards girls in rural areas that are different than the girls in urban areas at home and school.Therefore, parents and the teachers should be more conscious for nurturing mental health among the students.
Significance of the study : Mental health is an enduring factor that influence the success of human in his/her activity and academic achievement is also an influencing factor of an individual to belong among the society.The investigator felt that there would be a relation between mental health and academic achievement and mental health and adjustment also mental health and others variables of the students of class XII in relation to their gender , locality of residence and level of achievement .Hence , the investigator wishes to design study to examine the relation of Mental Health and academic achievement of the students which will explore the nature of the said relations and will be helpful to the society .It was also expected t hat the findings of present study would contribute to fill some gap and might help in generalization regarding these variables .

156 Urban = 74 108 122 Total = 230 Tools:
The investigator adopted the five point scale for measuring mental health and academic achievement of the students and collecting the required data in this study as a psychological tool.Mental health inventory developed and standardized by Dr. Sushma Talesara and Dr. Akhtar Bano was used for measuring the mental health status of the students.

Analysis and Interpretation of the study:
The Investigator analyzed his data using IBM statistics v.21 and Microsoft Excel -2007.Hence he presented the analysis in two sections -1.Representation of Descriptive statistics and 2. Representation of Inferential statistics.➢Presentation

of the Descriptive Statistics of mental health and academic achievement scores of the sample.
This table shows the descriptive statistics of mental health (M=150.3826,SD=24.90895) and academic achievement (M=61.0391,SD=19.01719) of total sample (N=230).

and Interpretation of the Inferential Statistics. H0. 1:
There would be no significant correlation between mental health and academic achievement of the higher secondary students.