A Study of Factors Effecting Academic Achievement of Prospective Teachers

The paper tried to clarify factors influencing academic achievement of prospective teachers studying in different teacher education programs. The government has focused on the improvement in the quality of education especially after the quantitative expansion of enrolment rates at all levels of education. As one of criteria of the quality of education, prospective teachers’ academic achievement was investigated inthe paper, because academic achievement is most often cited as a institutional effectiveness indicator byadministrators, teachers, students and their parents (Gaziel, 1996). The study was carried out on a sample of 200 students of 9 departments of Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. The sample was randomly selected and 22 students of 4 th semester from each department were taken. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of students was also taken. Information was collected through questionnaire. The result of the research study showed that parental involvement, teacher teaching style, socioeconomic status, peer pressure, and motivationwere effecting student’s achievement.