A study of academic achieveent among senior secondary school students in relation to emotional intelligence

The present study was undertaken to study the relation academic achievement of senior secondary students in relation to their emotional intelligence. Academic achievement was treated as dependent variable whereas emotional intelligence was treated as independent variable. Descriptive survey method was used for the present study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the present study. The sample comprised of 300 senior secondary school students, studying in 11^th class in various schools of New Delhi. Academic Achievement is defined as total marks obtained in the previous class i.e. 10^th standard. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) by Hyde, Pethe and Dhar (2002) was used to study the emotional intelligence of the students. Mean, SD, ‘t’ test and co-efficient of correlation (r) were used to analyse the data. The findings of the study revealed that no significant difference was found in the academic achievement of male and female senior secondary school students. Significant difference was found in the emotional intelligence of male and female senior secondary school students. Further, Significant relationship was found between academic achievement and emotional intelligence of senior secondary school urban students.