ABSTRACT

The study is aimed to examine the impact of smart phone use on academic performance of secondary school students. 160 smart phone user secondary school students belonging to arts, science and commerce academic stream constitute the sample for the present study. The sample has been selected randomly from four higher secondary schools of Kashmir (J & K, India). Data tools included a general information schedule, and previous year academic marks obtained by respondents in their final year examination. Data collected after survey has been analyzed by ANOVA besides mean, standard deviation, and percentage.  The findings revealed that academic stream is a significant predictor in determining the academic performance of smart phone user secondary school students. The results of the study are hoped to open the way for novel interventions to improve academic performance of secondary school students.