CREATIVITY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Creativity is a special type ability which is referred as divergent thinking. It is almost found in every individual.Creative children perform the task very well compared to others. This study is an attempt to investigate the influence of creativity on academic achievement of secondary school students N=600.The researcher has selected a stratified disproportionate random sampling from the population of south zone taluk of Tumkur district.T-test was employed to analyse the data. The test revealed that high creative students have higher academic achievement.