Participation in Arts and Crafts Activities Impact the Academic Achievement of Students at Secondary School Level

This research article aims to investigate the impact of arts and crafts activities on the academic achievement of students at the secondary school level in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The nature of the study was descriptive. The population of the study consisted of all the secondary schools of the Bannu district. As a sample, 500 respondents were selected randomly. For the collection of data, the researcher used a self-made questionnaire with a points Likert scale. The academic achievement of the students was obtained from the 9th-grade students' detailed marks certificate from the concerned examination board. A t-test was used for descriptive statistics, while Pearson coefficient correlation was used for inferential statistics. The results of the study revealed that there is a positive correlation between students, academic achievement, and arts and crafts activities, but no relationship was found between the two groups who participated and those who did not participate in these activities.