Abstract

The present study was designed to determine the impact of study habits and academic achievement of students in subject of English at secondary level. The study was descriptive and quantitative in nature. The random sampling technique was adopted to draw sufficient sample. The sample size was 320 students (160 low and 160 high achievers). A study habits inventory was used as research instrument. It was based on five point Likert scale and was sub- divided into five factors like reading habits, class attendance, study attitude, study methods and homework completion. The collected data was treated through mean analysis and Z-test statistics. Low achievers were shown less study habits while high achievers were shown more study habits. Class attendance and homework completion were appeared as affective factors in student’s achievement. Low achievers were shown low mean score in class attendance (mean=2.27) and homework completion (mean=2.21) as compared to other factors of study habits. While, high achievers were shown high mean score in class attendance (mean=4.42) and homework completion (mean=4.28) as compared to other factors of study habits. Students should attend their class and complete assigned homework regularly in order to improve their academic achievement.