(185)PERFORMANCE AND SELF-ESTEEM OF THE 4TH GRADE STUDENTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

摘要

This study examines the impact of grade retention on the academic performance and self-esteem ofthe students. A two-phase panel study was designed to collect quantitative data. The students ofgrade four in the public schools of Rawalpindi city were taken as study sample. Initially, this samplewas divided into two main groups, i.e. identified poor performers and the normal group of students.After annual examinations, the former group was further divided in two subgroups on the basis ofresults, i.e. repeaters sample and identified poor but promoted sample. The data was collected beforeannual examination and at the end of second term in the successive academic year. The data relatedto academic performance was collected by locally developed tests of the five subjects taught in gradefour of the public schools of the Punjab. The self-esteem of the students was measured through Urdutranslation of Beck Youth Inventory for Self-Concept of Children (BSCI-Y). A series of analysis wereperformed with the quantitative data to analyze the variations in academic performance and selfesteemof all the three groups.The findings of the study suggested that there was significant positive impact of grade retention on theacademic performance of the repeaters, whereas the impact on self-esteem was found considerablynegative. However, the academic performance of the repeaters was not significantly greater thanthose of the identified poor but promoted group and the normal sample.