A Study on the Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of Higher Secondary Students

The study was undertaken to study Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of Higher Secondary Students. The sample of the study compromised of 200 higher secondary students (N=100Boys and 100 Girls) of 12 th grade selected randomly from various higher secondary schools of district Budgam. Roqan Emotional intelligence test was used to collect data from the selected sample. The aggregate marks of previous two classes were taken as their academic achievement. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and t test were used for the analysis of data. The findings of the study revealed that Male and Female Higher Secondary Students differ significantly on the Composite Score of Emotional intelligence. The study further highlighted that Male Higher Secondary Students have higher Academic achievement than Female Higher Secondary students.