A STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS

The study aimed to identify the relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement of higher secondary students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the social intelligence between students from selected government, private and aided school. For this study a sample of 300 school students from eight various schools which are situated in Palakkad district selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings revealed that there is no significant relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement. This study shows that students do not find healthy environment in schools for developing their social intelligence. The schools fail to provide a proper environment to develop better relationship, positive behavior, social skills positive attitudes and good mental health in students.


Introduction
Socially intelligent people are more probable to flourish in everything they undertake in their life. Contrasting what is demanded to I.Q one can learn and improve some vital social capabilities, flagging the way for growing their social intelligence and thus creating their life more healthy, enjoyable, successful and satisfied in the upcoming days. The concept of social intelligence is to be highly praised, not because it is new but because it seizures the essence of work. The present investigation is an attempt to study the relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement of the higher secondary school students from selected government, Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH [477] aided and private schools located in Palakkad district. The findings of the study help to discover the social intelligence and relationship with academic achievement in English.

Objectives of the Study
There are two main types of objectives undertaken by the investigator in this study work.

General Objectives
 To find the relation between social intelligence and academic achievement in English among higher secondary school students.  To adopt questionnaire on social intelligence and achievement in English among higher secondary school students.

Specific Objectives
 To find out the social intelligence among higher secondary school students.  To find out the achievement in English among higher secondary school students.  To find out the impact of personal variables like Medium of Instruction, Gender, Location of the School, Type of the School, Educational qualification of father, Educational qualification of mother, Occupation of Father, Occupation of Mother on social intelligence and achievement in English among higher secondary school students.

Research Design
The investigator adopted survey method to study the social intelligence and academic achievement in English among higher secondary school students. For the study about social intelligence and academic achievement in English, the sample size is 300 higher secondary students from 8 various schools which are situated in and around Palakkad district in Kerala.    There will be a significant mean score difference towards social intelligence between medium of instruction among higher secondary school students.     (1.64), the null hypothesis is accepted. It is inferred from the above table that there is no significant difference towards social intelligence between medium of instruction among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 2:
There will be a significant mean score difference towards achievement in English between medium of instruction among higher secondary school students.   (3.18) is greater than the table value of 't' (1.64), the null hypothesis is rejected. It is inferred from the above table that there is a significant difference towards achievement in English between medium of instruction among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 3:
There will be a significant mean score difference towards social intelligence between gender among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 4:
There will be a significant mean score difference towards achievement in English between gender among higher secondary school students.   (1.64), the null hypothesis is rejected. It is inferred from the above table that there is a significant difference towards achievement in English between gender among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 5:
There will be a significant mean score difference towards social intelligence between location of the school among higher secondary school students.   .64), the null hypothesis is accepted. It is inferred from the above table that there is no significant difference towards social intelligence between location of the school among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 6:
There will be a significant mean score difference towards achievement in English between location of the school among higher secondary school students.   Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH [483] towards achievement in English between location of the school among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 7:
There will be a significant difference towards social intelligence between the types of school among higher secondary school students. The table 17 concluded that the mean value of government school is 2.78 whereas the mean value of aided school students is 2.79, the mean value of private school students is 2.69. The result inferred that the mean value for aided school students is better than others. Table: 18: F-ratio towards social intelligence between the types of school among higher secondary school students.
The table 18 concluded that the calculated value of "F" (1.49) is less than the table value of "F" (0.05) which holds 3.04, the Null hypothesis is accepted .It is inferred from the above table that there is no significant difference towards social intelligence between the types of school among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 8:
There will be a significant difference towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of father among higher secondary school students.  The table 20 concluded that the calculated value of "F" (7.97) is less than the table value of "F" (0.05) which holds 2.65, the Null hypothesis is accepted .It is inferred from the above table that there is no significant difference towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of father among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 9:
There will be a significant difference towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of mother among higher secondary school students. professional is 2.45. The result inferred that the mean value of Below 10 th qualified and PG qualified mother's student is high compare to others. Table 22: F-ratio towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of mother among higher secondary school students.
The table 22 concluded that the calculated value of "F" (27.81) is greater than the table value of "F" (0.05) which holds 2.65, the Null hypothesis is rejected .It is inferred from the above table that there is a significant difference towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of mother among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 10:
There will be a significant difference towards social intelligence between the occupation of father among higher secondary school students.  that there is a significant difference towards social intelligence between the occupation of father among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 11:
There will be a significant difference towards social intelligence between the occupation of mother among higher secondary school students.  The table 26 concluded that the calculated value of "F" (7.38) is greater than the table value of "F" (0.05) which holds 2.26, the Null hypothesis is rejected .It is inferred from the above table that there is a significant difference towards social intelligence between the occupation of mother among higher secondary school students.

HYPOTHESIS 12:
There will be a significant relationship between social intelligence and achievement in English among higher secondary school students. The table 27 concluded that the calculated r -value -0.218 is less than the tabulated r-value 0.811 at 0.05 level.Hence the correlation is not significant. The result inferred that there is no significant relationship between social intelligence and achievement in English among higher secondary school students.

Conclusion
 There is no significant difference towards social intelligence between medium of instruction among higher secondary school students.  There is a significant difference towards achievement in English between medium of instruction among higher secondary school students.  There is no significant difference towards social intelligence between gender among higher secondary school students.  There is a significant difference towards achievement in English between gender among higher secondary school students.  There is no significant difference towards social intelligence between location of the school among higher secondary school students.  There is no significant difference towards achievement in English between location of the school among higher secondary school students.  There is no significant difference towards social intelligence between the types of school among higher secondary school students.  There is no significant difference towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of father among higher secondary school students.  There is a significant difference towards social intelligence between the educational qualification of mother among higher secondary school students.  There is a significant difference towards social intelligence between the occupation of father among higher secondary school students.  There is a significant difference towards social intelligence between the occupation of mother among higher secondary school students.  There is no significant relationship between social intelligence and achievement in English among higher secondary school students.
The investigator found that majority of higher secondary school students social intelligence is low, but the academic achievement is moderate to high. Then the correlation study reveals the relationship between the social intelligence and academic achievement is low. There is no significant relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement. This study shows that students do not find healthy environment in schools for developing their social intelligence. The schools fail to provide a proper environment to develop better relationship, positive behavior, social skills positive attitudes and good mental health in students.