Abstract

• This study aimed to explore some factors affecting on Educational Aspiration of High School Students in Wuntho Township. In this study, as the factors of Educational Aspiration, gender, grade, previous achievement, parents’ education, parents’ occupation, parents’ expectation, school engagement, school motivation and school environment were investigated. A total of 613 high school students (263 males and 350 females) selected from four schools in Wuntho Township participated in this study. Educational Aspiration Scale developed by Prasad and Sherly (2007) was used to measure level of educational aspiration. To measure the students’ engagement in school, school motivation and school environment of high school students, Students’ Engagement in School developed by Veiga (2013), the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) developed by McInerney et al. (1997) and the School Environment Inventory (SEI) developed by Mishra (1983) were used respectively. The data were analyzed by the Regression Analysis. Among the student-related factors, gender was the only significant predictor of educational aspiration. Among the parent-related factors, parents’ occupation and parents’ expectation were found as the significant predictors of educational aspiration. Lastly, school engagement, motivation and school environment were found as the positive significant school-related factors of Educational Aspiration.