Abstract

The present study to the achievement motivation of secondary and higher secondary school students with reference to gender. Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) by Jansari (2012) was used. The sample constituted total 120 students’ out of which 60 were from secondary school (30 boys and 30 girls) and 60 from higher secondary school (30 boys and 30 girls). The data was collected from Ahmedabad District. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that 1. There is significant difference in the mean score of achievement motivation among the secondary and higher secondary school students. The result shows that the higher secondary school students group is having high achievement motivation than secondary school students group, 2. There is no significant difference in the mean score of achievement motivation among the boys and girls students and 3. There is significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean scores of achievement motivation with regards to the type of school and gender. The result shows that the higher secondary school of boy students group is having more achievement motivation than secondary school of boy students group.