A STUDY OF CREATIVITY OF SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE

Creativity is the ability to discover new solutions to problems or to produce new ideas, innovations or work of art. Creativity stands for capacity to accept challenge, freedom to exercise choice, readiness to change self and capacity to change one’s environment. It is a precious source of emergence development and survival of man’s culture through ages. Creativity has been perceived as a multiphase, normally distributed mental ability. It is a complex process involving a concept of self and relationship to one’s environment. Academic Achievement is of paramount importance particularly in the present socio-economic and cultural contents. It forms the main basis of admission and promotion in a class. In the present education set up, the examination plays a predominant roll in assessing the talent of an individual. Intelligence refers to mental abilities. It is general mental adaptability to new problems and conditions of life. The researcher has highlighted the creativity of school going adolescents in relation to their academic achievement and intelligence in this study. Keywords: Creativity, Adolescent, Academic Achievement and Intelligenc