Impact of Academic Self-Efficacy on Academic Achievement of Secondary-Level Students in the Post-Pandemic Era

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the nature of the educational landscape. As a result, teachers, students, policymakers, and other stakeholders faced various challenges and situations that required them to adjust to those situations, in which psychological factors have played a specific role. The study of student's academic success is the central point of the entire educational landscape. Understanding the factors that impact students' academic success in the present moment is crucial for gaining insight into the educational environment. The present research paper assesses the impact of Academic Self-Efficacy (ASE) on the academic achievement of secondary level students without any disruption after the pandemic. Academic self-efficacy is a core component of social cognitive theory, which refers to a person's belief in this ability to complete academic tasks and achieve desired educational goals. Descriptive survey methodology has been used for the present study. The study has been conducted on a sample of 300 students using the simple random sampling method. The result of the study reveals that it is very important to train students with the necessary psychological factors that tend to enhance students' Self-Efficacy such as self-regulating learning, time management, regulation, collaboration and help seeking, etc. It is clear from the study that ASE gives students the ability to maintain high educational achievement without being affected by negative situations. Therefore, in the current era, the education system needs to be planned in a way that helps in increasing the ASE of students.