Gender Differences in Academic Achievement and Emotional Intelligence of Senior Secondary School Students

Abstract

Academic Achievement holds a fundamental position in the field of education or academics. It is a measurement of what has been learnt in the academic area. As far as emotional intelligence is concerned, it is about smartness or adjustment capabilities of a person with his/her emotions, in spite of being highly emotional or emotionally deviated. Whereas, beliefs and values are discussed, in this case emotional intelligence is functional in nature. Examining how men and women differ in terms of intelligence and emotional maturity is the focus of this research. Two-hundred kids in their final year of high school made up the study's sample (age group 15-17 years). The data was gathered using the Emotional Intelligence Inventory created by Dr. S.K. Mangal and Mrs. ShubhraMangal, and academic success was defined as the student's final matriculation exam grade. Mean, standard deviation, and t-test were utilised as statistical computing tools for hypothesis testing. Based on the findings, it appears that boys fare better than girls when it comes to academic achievement and emotional intelligence.