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The investigation of the present study academic performance and emotional intelligence of higher secondary students. The Academic Performance students annual examination marks in obtained and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) Anukool Hyde, Sanjyothe and Upender Dar (2001) were used to collect the data from a sample of 250 higher secondary school students studying in kancheepuram District of Tamilnadu State in India. The survey method had been followed and simple random sampling technique was used in administration of the research tools. Findings revealed that the high level of academic performance and emotional intelligence of higher secondary school students, there is significant difference in the gender and student residence of higher secondary school students with respect to their academic performance and emotional intelligence, there is significant and positive relationship between academic performance and emotional intelligence of higher secondary school students.