The aim of the present study was to measure the influence of Gender and
Locality on the Achievement in Physics among the Matriculation Students of
Krishnagiri District of Tamil Nadu. The study belongs to the Normative Survey
Research. The sample consists of 350 students of which 190 Urban and 160 Rural
students. There are 234 boys and 116 girls totally. The investigators constructed an
Achievement Test in Physics consisting of 120 items with 4 alternatives. To find out the
significant difference with regard to the variables,lf test was followed. It was found that
the achievement of boys in physics in Urban Matriculation schools were significantly
higher than their counter part. The higher achievement of the Urban boys and Urban
girls may be due to the reasons of higher motivation of the parents, higher instructional
facilities, competition among the motivated students and higher students general
awareness
