Casual model of academic performance of students of secondary schools-A Structural equation modeling approach

The purpose of this study is to examine the contributory relationships among factors of teachers of secondary schools influential in academic performance of students by exploiting the applications of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). A simple random sample of 30 schools with 60 teachers and 300 students was chosen and data were collected on four scales like study habits of students, organizational climate, teaching effectiveness and job satisfaction of teachers of secondary schools through direct personal interview method. The casual relationships were established by structural equation modeling method using SPSS and AMOS statistical software. The organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers have significant positive relationship with academic performance of students (p<0.05). The SEM was fitted to the academic performance of students data adequately. The results indicated that, the organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers had significant effect on academic performance of students (p<0.05). The organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers are the main contributors to academic performance of students of secondary schools in Shigoan, Karnataka State, India. It is proposed to increase the awareness of importance of academic performance of students.