English Achievement Among Border Area Secondary School Students In Jammu And Kashmir, India

English is the global language. With the advent of colonization in India, English emerged as a language of the education and workplace. Even after the British left India in the middle of the 20thcentury, the language continued to be spoken. In the modern world, English is still considered the language of educational institutions, without which professional achievement is not possible. So, it is very important to know the status of students’ proficiency in English. A student who is not proficient enough in communicating his thoughts and ideas in English faces many problems in professional avenues. In the present study, the English achievement of secondary class students particularly from border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, India, was explored concerning their gender and locality. The data was collected from the government secondary school students of the randomly selected four educational zones of Jammu district. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the present study. An English Achievement Test standardized by Dr. (Mrs.) Venita Singh and Prof. Simrandeep Kour (2015) was employed to collect the data from 166 students studying in class 10th only. Furthermore, the mean, SD, and t-test were used to analyse the collected data. One of the major findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the English achievement of secondary class students with regard to their gender and locality