Low achievers are the students who are not at satisfactory level in their academics due to several reasons. Proper counselling may help them to achieve to the extent possible. The prime aim of this study is to know whether all the low achievers are slow learners by testing their intelligence level and provide counselling for the low achievers and to make out the impact of counselling on academic achievement of such students. Out of Forty six students, Twenty six of them were identified as low achievers from 7th standard as sample for this experimental research process. Intelligence level of all the low achievers have been measured and noted that 13 out of 26 were not slow learners and they have I.Q ranged between 90 and 105 can be categorized as low achievers with normal level of I.Q. The remaining 13 students were falls under slow learners (backward children) having I.Q ranged between 80 and 89 (below normal-I.Q) can be categorized as slow learners. Counselling had been given by the investigator separately for both the group, and also individually to all the low achievers for a period of 3 months. Pre-test and post-test scores have been analysed and found out that there was a remarkable improvement among low achievers with normal level of I.Q in their academic achievement and comparatively little lesser improvement have also been noted among students with below normal level of I.Q in their academic achievement.

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