Educational Performance, Maximization and Happiness: A Study

Abstract Human beings have always tried to be happy with their lives but in this modern world most of the people are not happy in true sense. The youth of the country are facing problems of anxiety and depression and suicide cases are rising. There are series of factors which influence happiness of people. We divide the people of a country into two major groups, literate people and illiterate group. The literacy rate has a positive correlation with employment rate. But, the matter of discussion here is up to what extent people are satisfied with their lives after having good educational outcomes. As education is always considered as the pillar of success the present study was taken up to understand the impact of educational performance on happiness or life satisfaction. How does educational performance related with the maximization principle is another dimension which has been explored in this study. The study is based on primary data collected through the help of self-structured Google form questionnaire. To analyse data descriptive statistics such as Percentage, Regression and Correlation analysis have been used. The study found out that most of the respondents are satisfied with their lives and that educational performance of the students has positive impact on happiness or life satisfaction. There is a close correspondence between educational performance and the objective of maximization by people of the 21st century. This study also has clearly delineated the fact, with empirical justifications that after having educational attainment also some people are not satisfied with their lives. They are not satisfied because of having maximizing behaviour. Keywords: Satisfaction with life, Happiness, Educational Performance, Maximization