Now a day, high populated urban areas faced different problems. One of them is to increase the traffic on main roads of the city. Increase of traffic create high noise level which is disturbed the students achievement of results in schools situated on such roadside. This study students academic achievement in high and low noise level schools situated on roadside at Faisalabad showed the significant difference in achievement of results of the students in schools situated on high and low noise level roadside. The study was highly significance for teachers to provide the noise free physical environment to the students and for higher authorities to control the establishment of new schools at the roadsides and noisy areas. The main objectives were to check the noise level of selected secondary schools and then collected the portfolios for achievement of results of these secondary schools students. Fifteen male and female secondary schools were selected for sample size through simple random sampling. Which of them, eight male and female secondary schools were situated on high noise level and seven male and female secondary schools were situated on low noise level? According to EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Punjab, the normal noise level was 65 dB (A). High noise level bearing schools had more than 65 dB (A) noise level while low noise level bearing schools below 65 dB (A) noise level. After that, there was selected the sample size of 150 male and female students. Ten students were selected from each of 15 male and female secondary schools and collected the portfolios of these secondary schools students. There were compared the achievements of results of these students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data collection. Mean, standard deviation and t-test was used to compare the achievements of results. It was found that there was significant difference between the achievements of results of students of high noise level schools and low noise level schools.
Key words: EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), dB (A) decibel of A-Weighted, achievements of results, Department of Environment and Population
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