This study aimed to find out the different clusters that exists among the secondary school students with respect to the variables: Achievement Goal orientation and Cognitive Self-Management. 405 secondary school students were considered for the study. The Achievement Goal Orientation Scale (AGOS) developed and validated by the investigator was used to measure the sub-constructs of achievement goal orientation. To measure Cognitive Self-Management (CSM), the instrument developed by Rude (1980) was adapted.

k-means clustering technique was used and the results showed three meaningful and distinct clusters, which were named as: performance approach & moderate cognitive self-management (cluster 1), work-avoidance & low cognitive self-management (cluster 2), and mastery approach & high cognitive self-management (cluster 3). Majority of the secondary students had cluster 2 (36.5%) and cluster 1 (36.0%) profiles. The study concluded that students should be promoted to develop mastery approaches and cognitive strategies which will facilitate academic success. Practical implications were also discussed.