Education plays an important role to promote the fullest individual selfrealization for all persons. Various factors play role in academic achievement. The purpose of the study was to examine whether there is an impact of gender, academic self-efficacy and locus of control on academic achievement. Self-report survey data were collected from 175 11 th standard students between the ages 15-18. The results of 3-way ANOVA showed that a significant relationship between academic self-efficacy and academic achievement exists. However, despite supporting past studies, it was found that there was no significant relationship between (1) locus of control and academic achievement and ( Also the interaction effect of academic self-efficacy, locus of control and gender on academic achievement was not significant. The results of correlation indicated that academic achievement and gender as well as academic self-efficacy and locus of control were positively correlated. There was a negative correlation between academic self-efficacy and academic achievement as well as locus of control and academic achievement.
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Nehal Deora (2015) studied this question.