Abstract The study was undertaken to examine the Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students. The sample of the study comprised of 160 secondary school students (80 boys and 80 girls) of class 10 grade selected randomly from various secondary schools of Jamshedpur city of East Singhbhum district. The study was done on the basis of locality, management, and gender. The data was analyzed with the help of mean, standard deviation, t-test and correlation. The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement of secondary school students. The study further reveals that there is no significant difference between boys and girls with respect to emotional intelligence and also their academic achievement. Whereas it is found that there is a significant difference between rural and urban secondary school students in the aspect of emotional intelligence and academic achievement. Also, there is a significant difference found between private and government secondary School students in respect to both emotional intelligence and academic achievement.