Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: A Study of Secondary school students in District Srinager

AbstractEmotional intelligence plays a vital role in accomplishing the determined objectives ofmankind and promoting learning outcomes. The primary purpose of the dissertation entitled“Emotional Intelligence andAcademicAchievement: A Study of Secondary schoolstudents in District Srinager”is to compare male and female secondary school students onemotional intelligence and academic achievement. The study also aims to find out thecorrelation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement of secondary schoolstudents.Here descriptive survey method is used. The population of this study consists of allthe students studying in secondary schools of District Srinager. A sample of 200 secondaryschool students, equally distributed between males and females, was selected using stratifiedrandom sampling. Data collection involved the administration of the Emotional IntelligenceScale (EIS), developed by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Dr. ShrutiNarain. Academicachievement data was extracted from the previous year's performance records of the samplesubjects. The collected data underwent statistical analysis, which included calculating Mean,Standard Deviation, conducting a t-test, and determining Pearson's correlation. The study'sresults indicate a significant difference in emotional intelligence based on gender amongsecondary school students. However, no significant gender-based difference was observedin academic achievement among these students. Importantly, the research identified asignificant correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement insecondary school students from District Srinager .