Abstract

Education and social intelligence are interrelated since education is not a simple process of importing information, but it focuses on the development of personal and social qualities. Without the social and personal qualities man is incomplete. A truly educated person identifies himself as part of the society in which he lives, and makes good relations with others. Therefore, the nurturing process of social intelligence leads the academic success of the individuals. The study was carried out by Normative Survey Method under simple random sampling technique. The samples are drawn from the B,.Ed., Nursing and Medical Colleges located at Salem and Namakkal Districts of Tamilnadu, India. The sample consists of 377 professional college students studying final year course. Of them 152 were male and the rest 225were female. The results reveal that, the social intelligence of the college students are in the place of ‘average’ and their academic achievement is high. The ‘social leadership’ is higher and ‘social competency’ is lower. The college students differ in academic achievement and gender do not play any role in mean difference of their academic achievement.