THE ROLE OF MOTHER’S PROFESSION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

It is a universal fact that the education and profession of the mother is an essential input for the development of an individual, society, and nation. Mother education and profession provide adequate knowledge, afford important abilities, and develops an appropriate mindset to attain the excessive educational overall performance in their children. This study focused on University-going Students and the impact of professional mothers on their academic achievements. The researchers attempted to find out the association among a mother's profession and the academic performance of the students. The study Determine, whether the association depends on gender or not. However, the area of the study was four public and private universities in Islamabad. The unit of the study was Students from different selected Universities. The questionnaire was pretested on 10 respondents to validate the selected questionnaire. Non-random convenience sampling was used and 195 students from different universities were selected for collecting data. It was a quantitative research study and used a questionnaire for data collection. The data was analyzed through SPSS for descriptive and inferential results. Moreover, the study's major finding is that the mother profession has a positive impact on the academics of the students, especially female students. The major role that influences academics was the mother's involvement which should be further addressed. 

Keywords: Mothers’ Profession, Academic Performance, University Students