The future of our nation lies in the hand of our younger generation but inadequacy and irrelevance of our existing education system has brought about a state of disillusionment among adolescents. Hence the current scenario is not very promising. Adolescents must know and practice the truth. There is the need of the qualitative as well as quantitative expansion and improvement of education. Our education must be modern in life and spirit. The main interest in an educational system is in academic achievement of child which is affected by numerous variables. Achievement motivation and self-efficacy are those factors which greatly influence the achievement of the children. Achievement motivation plays an important role in life. A little success motivates the individual to have something more in life. It leads towards higher aspirations and better performance. Self-efficacy affects every area of life. It is strength of one’s belief in one’s own ability to complete task and reach goals. A sample of 200 school students was randomly drawn from govt. and private schools located in Ferozepur. Insignificant difference has been found between achievement motivation of adolescent boys and girls. Significant difference has been found between self-efficacy among adolescent boys and girls. Self efficacy of girls was found to be significantly higher than that of boys. Significant positive relation was found between the variables i.e achievement motivation and self efficacy