A SUDY ON PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY OF PRE-UNIVERSITY LEVEL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO SOME SELECTED VERIABLES

Introduction: Of all the creation of God human life is the most sacred. It has two aspects – the biological and sociological. While the biological aspects of human life is maintenance and transmission through nutrition and reproduction, the social aspect of human life is maintenance and transmission by education. In the primitive society, the primary needs of man comprised food, shelter and clothing. With the progress of the society and civilization, however those primary needs have been multiplied into six viz – food, shelter, clothing, education, recreation and health. Man is primarily distinguishable from the lower animals because of his educating ability. He is endowed with intelligence; he wants to remain active, energetic and even original. He desires to go ahead, this list of human achievement is very big. How has all these been done? through education. It is education which promotes his intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence. and even it effects on their problem solving ability too. All these things are reflected in one’s achievement.