Over the years, behavioral scientist has noticed that some people have an intense desire to achieve something, while others may not seem that concerned about their achievements. This phenomenon has attracted a lot of have observed that people with a high level of achievement motivation exhibit certain characteristics. Achievement motivation is the tendency to endeavor for success and to choose goal oriented success or failure activities. In the present investigation the findings are locality, gender and residence have significant influence on the achievement motivation of IX class students.     

Keywords:  Achievement motivation; Locality; Gender and residence.