Academic Achievement and Emotional Intelligence of Students at Higher Secondary Level

So-called intelligence and the academic success are not viewed as the same way they were viewed before. The new theories on emotional intelligence and multiple intelligence have been introduced and are gradually replacing the traditional theories. Due to the globalization of the education, heavy competition prevails and students are striving hard to set their carriers suffering from emotional and adjustment problems. To address this issue in the educational system, the investigators attempted to study the emotional intelligence and academic achievement of the higher secondary students. The present study found a strong positive relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement of the higher secondary level students. Further it was investigated that the level of academic achievement of the student is found to be highest among the students who possesses high emotional intelligence than the students who have medium level of emotional intelligence and low level of emotional intelligence.