A Study of Academic Achievement in relation to the Family Environment School Environment Achievement Motivation Self-Efficacy and Life Satisfaction

INTRODUCTION Education is an enlightening process that provides knowledge and skills, to infuse values that facilitate nurturance of right attitudes and habits among students. It is a versatile development that gives rise to unified measures of a self-sufficient human being. "Education is the process of developing the capabilities and potentials of an individual, as to prepare that individual to be successful in a specific society or culture" (Aremu, 2000). Since education is a dynamic phenomenon, with time it encounters several challenges in all aspects of social, economic and cultural lives of mankind around the globe. The significance of education cannot be underestimated, as it plays an essential role in cognitive development of the masses. Bearing the challenges and importance of education in mind, it becomes sheer important to emphasize upon its prime goal i.e. Academic Achievement of the students. "Academic achievement is an incredible pointer for the general prosperity of youth and an essential indicator and determinant of adults physical well being outcomes "(Vernez, Krop & Rydell, 1999). 1.1 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Academic Achievement is a manifold construct that consists of different domains of learning and is taken as the criterion for selection, encouragement and recognition of students in various walks of life. It is considered as a determinant to evaluate ones potentialities and capabilities, students in all cultures are expected to accomplish high levels of academic achievement. According to Trow, "Academic achievement is a knowledge attaining ability or degree of competence in school tasks, usually measured by standardized tests and expressed in a grade or units based on pupil's performance" According to Crow & Crow (1969), "It is the extent to which a learner is profiting from instructions in the given area of learning". "Academic achievement is the attainment of knowledge, competencies, and higher-level status, as reflected in grades, degrees, and other forms of certification or public acknowledgement" (Collins & O'Brien, 2011),