The Importance of Social Intelligence to Promote Academic Achievement of Students at Higher Secondary Level

The aim of this research is to consider and study the Role of Social Intelligence in Students academic Achievement.Education is a powerful instrument for change in the society.When such a responsibility is imposed on the educational institutions, they have to play a positive role for bringing a progressive change in the society.A student enjoys a pivotal position in the educational system that gets influenced and prepares him for the future life.In schools and colleges the best records are made by students who have other qualities in addition to intelligence, like persistence and willingness to go along with established routines.From child classification to higher secondary level students, in all situations where people live and work together, intelligence and academic achievement are constantly under scrutiny and being evaluated.The present study is a humble attempt to assess the role social intelligence for the student's development.Psychologists developed interest in understanding, promoting and utilizing the individual differences for the development and prosperity of the society.The study will be the guideline for the teachers, educationists and practitioners, researchers as well as curriculum planners, in order to imbibe coherence and integrity in personality and develop social intelligence among the students so that the students will be able to acquire basic understanding regarding themselves i.e., where they stand in various dimensions of social intelligence, so that they can tackle with the day to day situations more efficiently and tactfully.