The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p) Volume 3, Issue 2, No.7, DIP: 18.01.135/20160302 ISBN: 978-1-329-92551-9 http://www.ijip.in | January - March, 2016 © 2016 I M Hasan; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Correlates of Parental Support and Academic Achievement of Male and Female Secondary School Students Mohammad Hasan 1 * ABSTRACTS Exponential growth of academic competitiveness has brought out the dire needs of Parental support. School education cannot visualise the all objectives of education until it sought parental support. Thus, parental support has become the crux of modern school education. The present study aims to explore the relationship as well as difference between academic achievements of high and low parental support groups of male and female secondary school students. The study is hypothesised as there will be no relationship and difference between academic achievements of high and low parental support groups of male and female secondary school students. A sample size of 205 (Male & Female) secondary school students was drawn from four secondary schools of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.) India. Non-probability purposive sampling was employed to draw the required sample. Mean. SD, Pearson Correlation and t- test was calculated for the analysis of data. Findings revealed the positive significant relationship as well as no significant difference between academic achievements and parental support of secondary school students. Findings are interpreted in terms of educational implications and need for further research is also suggested. Keywords: Parental Support; Academic Achievement; Gender; Secondary School Students Education is the process of developing capacities and potentialities of individual so as to prepare that individual to be successful in specific society and culture. In Indian society, the basic criterion to measure a student’s potentialities is the academic achievement. It holds a very important place in education and learning process. All parents want their child to be on the top ranking, that leads the child in the severe anxiety and strain towards examination. The need of high achievement puts pressure on the students, teachers and schools so much so the whole system in turn seems to be revolving around academic achievement of students. At this juncture, students have very dire need of parental support in the form of motivation, financial support, proper care and guidance at home etc. to cope up the stress and anxiety caused by high expectations to perform in various tests and examinations. 1 Research Scholar, Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India *Responding Author