Social Intelligence and Students’ Academic Performance at Postgraduate Level

This research study was conducted to investigate the social intelligence and students' academic performance at postgraduate level. The specific objectives of the study were: 1) 1) To find out the effect of social-intelligence on students’ academic performance at postgraduate level.2) To ascertain the difference between social-intelligence and students’ academic performance at postgraduate level on the basis of demographics i.e. gender, locality.3) To compare social intelligence and academic performance at postgraduate level on the basis of the public and private universities. 4) To compare social intelligence and academic performance at postgraduate level on the basis of science and arts students of public and private universities. The researcher employed the descriptive survey design. A questionnaire (5-point likert scale) with reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) 0.8 was the study's primary resource. Nine hundred and two (902) students from public and private universities in the sample, with 365 male students and 537 female students were chosen for this study. Results revealed that the students with low GPA have lower Mean value of social intelligence and students with high GPA have higher Mean value of social intelligence. It was also concluded that academic performance is influenced by social intelligence irrespective of gender, locality and faculty. But private universities as compared to public stated increased level of social-intelligence. It is recommended that the University students may participate in extracurricular activities, seminars, group discussions, and social media to boost their confidence and broaden their knowledge of general themes. It is further recommended that teachers should help their students to understand their various intelligence preferences and make use of such to develop life-long learning. Their social intelligence will increase as a result.