The present investigation was carried out to study the academic achievement of secondary school students with respect to gender and type of school. A sample of 240 secondary school students (120 male and 120 female) was drawn randomly from two districts (Anantnag and Kupwara) of Kashmir (J&K), India. Self-constructed Information Blank was used to locate the Internet-user secondary school students. The subjects’ previous academic marks secured in their final examination conducted by J&K BOSE have been taken a major yard-stick to assess the academicperformance. The data was subjected to statistical analysis by applying mean, standard deviation and t-test. A significant difference between male Internet-user and female Internet-user secondary school students was confirmed. The results further highlighted a significant difference on academic performance of internet users with respect to their type of school.

Internet Usage, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students

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