RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER’S EDUCATION AND STUDENT’S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL
Keywords:
Mother’s Education, Students’ Academic Achievement and University LevelAbstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between mothers’ education and students’ academic achievement at university level. On existing literature, it was assumed that mother education would have significant correlation with students’ academic achievement at university level. This study based on correlational research design. All the university students from Karachi city are considering as population. The sample of this study consisted of 152 university students (including 62 male and 90 female students). Further stratification represents 72 from public and 80 from private universities. Data was collected from both public and private universities located in city of Karachi-Pakistan. Descriptive and correlational statistic was applied to measure relationship between mothers’ education and academic achievement of students at university level. Findings of this study showed that mother education has positive significant correlation with academic achievement of university students.References
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