Social skills are the skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and non-verbally, through gestures, body language and our personal appearance. Academic achievement of the school students is also an important parameter in the present age. The present research study was undertaken to assess the effect of social skills on the academic achievement of school students. The effect of gender on the academic achievement of social skill deficient and non deficient students was also studied. The sample consists of 320 students from kurukshetra district of Haryana state. The data obtained was analyzed using mean, S.D’s and‘t’-test. The results revealed that academic achievement have significant dependence on social skills of school students.  The study has implications for the parents, teachers and policy makers.

Key words: Social Skill, Academic Achievement, Gender

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This conceptual paper discusses the concept of Students’ engagement in teaching learning process. It is the cognitive investment, active participation and emotional commitment to the learning of the students. It also focus on the students’ engagement approach, its objectives, the process of Students’ engagement, its importance and various ways to promote students’ engagement in teaching and learning process which includes enhancement of students’ self-belief, enable students to work autonomously, recognize that teaching and teachers are central to engagement, use of Active learning strategies, create challenging and enriching educational experiences, accept students from diverse backgrounds, invest in a variety of support services, adapt to changing student expectations, enable students to become active citizens and enable students to develop their social and cultural capital.

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The present study was a modest effort to compare male and female secondary school teachers on various dimensions of Attitude. A sample of 300 teachers of different secondary schools in District Budgam (150 male teachers and 150 female teachers) were selected randomly from various secondary schools in District Budgam. S.P. Alluwalia Teacher Attitude Inventory was used to collect data. It was found that there is a significant difference between male and female teachers on teaching profession of teaching attitude. Male school teachers were found to have better attitude towards teaching profession than female secondary school teachers.

Keywords:  Attitude, Male, Female, Teachers, Secondary Level.

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Key Words Study habits, bright adolescents, dull adolescents, 75^th percentile and 25^th percentile.

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The present study explored the difference between children of working and non-working mothers on emotional maturity. A sample comprises of 800 students of working and non-working mothers, in which 400 were children of working mothers and 400 were children of non-working mothers and were randomly selected from the elementary schools of two districts Srinagar and Shopian of Kashmir valley. The sample subjects comprised of 8^th class students within an age range of 13 -14 years.Emotional Maturity Scale of Singh and Bhargava (1990) was used to measure the emotional maturity of children of working and non- working mothers. It consists of five factors- emotional unstability, emotional regression, social maladjustment, personality disintegration and lack of independence. The data were analyzed by using mean, S.D. and t-value. The results indicated that children of non-working mothers are emotionally mature than children of working mothers. The children of non-working mothers were found as emotionally stable, emotionally progressive, socially adjusted, have integrated personality and are dependent while as children of working mothers were found as emotionally unstable, emotionally regressive, socially maladjusted, have dis-integrated personality and are independent.

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This study is related to  social health of students studying in 10^th std. For data collection regarding  social health of students 3 point rating scale is used. This scale is given to 50 students. After analyzing the  data it is found that the students of this age are socially unhealthy. Boys are socially healthy than girls.

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This article / paper examines the growth, awareness and brand knowledge among the people with different economic background in India and significant growth in urban and semi urban retail markets. In India the vast middle class and its utmost untapped retail industry are the key attractive forces for global retail giants wanting to enter into newer markets, which in turn will help the retail industry to grow faster. This paper includes the Overview, the Growth, the Etymology, the Indian Scenario, the Entry of the MNCs, the Challenges and Opportunities of retailing business.

Aditya Tripathi (2009) - Fundamentals of Retailing - Himalaya Publication House, Mumbai, 2009. Agarwal V., Bahree M. (2011) - India puts retails reforms on hold - The Wall Street Journal. Anand Tamana (2008) - Organized Retailing in India Need of the Hour - Marketing Mastermind. Ankita Srivastava and Sanjay Shankar Mishra (2013) -Youth Customer Perception of Brand Big Bazaar: An Empirical Investigation - Research Analysis And Evaluation, Vol-iv, Issue 43-44. D.P. Sharma (2009) - E-Retailing - Himalaya Publication House, Mumbai. Harleen Kaur (2011) - Customer Service With Reference To Big Bazaar - Guru Nanak Institute Of Management, New Delhi.

The present study attempts to examine the relationship between academic achievement and home environment of adolescents studying in ninth class . The study is quantitative in nature. Sample of the study consists of 200 adolescents of eighth class (100 males and 100 females) randomly selected from 5 government and 5 private schools of Sirmour District. Home Environment Inventory by Dr. Karuna Shankar Misra used to collect the data. Further, their 8th class marks were taken as their academic achievement. The data was analyzed by Product Moment Correlation. Result showed that there was low relationship between adolescents academic achievement and home environment of adolescents studying in eighth class. Key Words: academic achievement, home environment, adolescents

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