Causes of Low Achievement of Girls in Mathematics at Secondary Level

Abstract

Mathematics takes important place in human life. We use it directly or indirectly on the every moment of the life. And it is used in different ways of human life. The main concern of this study was to compare the achievement level of Girls and Boys students and to find out the major factors affecting the achievement of Girls students in mathematics in SankhuwaSabha district. Seventy Girls students of five rural and five urban schools are chosen for the study. Research design was survey design. Achievement test and questionnaire were the main tools for the data collection. The study found that mean achievement of Rural Girl students was 19.77 and mean achievement of Urban Girl students was 21.17. The mean difference of two groups was 1.4. It was found that the achievement of Urban Girl students were higher than Rural Girls students.School environment, Teachers behavior, Effective classroom, Peer`s behavior, Interest of the learners, family background, and Time variable were the major factors affecting the mathematics achievement of Girl students. The study concluded that the achievement of Urban Girl students were higher than Rural Girls students. Similarly, there were many causal factors for their low achievement which included school related and out of school related.