STUDY OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR INTELLIGENCE

The present study is an attempt to find out the difference in intelligence and academic achievement of
secondary school students. The present study is conducted on a sample of 160 secondary school students of
government and private schools of Rohtak district of Haryana. General Intelligence Test by Dr. S.M. Mohsin
and Academic achievement scores are taken on the basis of marks obtained in 9th class. Mean, Standard
Deviation,‘t’ test and Karl Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient Correlations tests are used to analyse the
data. The findings of the study reveals : (i) Private school students are found more intelligent as compared
to government school students; (ii) students having high intelligent were found to have better academic
achievement than those students with low intelligence; and (iii) a significant and positive relationship is
found between intelligence and academic achievement of secondary school students.