RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND SELF- EFFICACY AMONG ADOLESCENTS

The future of our nation lies in the hand of our younger generation but inadequacy
and irrelevance of our existing education system has brought about a state of
disillusionment among adolescents. Hence the current scenario is not very
promising. Adolescents must know and practice the truth. There is the need of the
qualitative as well as quantitative expansion and improvement of education. Our
education must be modern in life and spirit. The main interest in an educational
system is in academic achievement of child which is affected by numerous variables.
Achievement motivation and self-efficacy are those factors which greatly influence
the achievement of the children. Achievement motivation plays an important role in
life. A little success motivates the individual to have something more in life. It leads
towards higher aspirations and better performance. Self-efficacy affects every area
of life. It is strength of one’s belief in one’s own ability to complete task and reach
goals. A sample of 200 school students was randomly drawn from govt. and private
schools located in Ferozepur. Insignificant difference has been found between
achievement motivation of adolescent boys and girls. Significant difference has been
found between self-efficacy among adolescent boys and girls. Self efficacy of girls
was found to be significantly higher than that of boys. Significant positive relation
was found between the variables i.e achievement motivation and self efficacy