A Impact of Student Leadership on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public and Private Universities of Pakistan

Abstract

This study is conducted to assess the impact of student leadership on academic achievement at university level. The main objectives of this study were to obtain the academic results of students, to assess the effects of student leadership on their academic achievement. Four universities were randomly chosen. All the students and teachers of social sciences departments were the population of the study. So the total population consists of 198 faculty members and 1969 students. One university was selected for pilot study. Stratified Random Sampling Technique is used for sample selection and sample size is selected through proportional allocation. Twelve faculty members of social sciences and 322 students were chosen as sample. One questionnaire was developed for students about their leadership competency, result percentage was used for academic achievement. Data was analysed by using percentage, and regression as test of statistical significance. The study concluded that majority of social science students use leadership skills. The study also found that there was strong association between five student leadership factors and students’ high and medium level academic achievement.