Study on verbal and numerical aptitudes as predictors of secondary school students’ performance in academics

Present study explores the aptitude among higher secondary students. It was aimed to examine the verbal and numerical aptitude abilities on academic performance of secondary school students. A sample of 40 students was selected from government senior secondary schools of West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. Data were collected by administering Tamanna aptitude test developed by NCERT. Results showed that the verbal and numerical aptitudes significantly predicted the academic performance of secondary school students.