SOCIAL SKILLS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH ANDEAN PUNO -PERU IN 2023

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine social skills and their influence on academic performance in students of high Andean educational institutions in the Puno region in 2023.

METHODOLOGY: cross-sectional, correlational study, a sample of 64 high school students in high Andean educational institutions, using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation test.

RESULTS: It is evident that 45.3% of the students in academic performance are located in the expected achievement scale, and 32.8% of the students are located in the process scale. On average they obtain a grade of 12.92, equivalent to 13 points, indicating that the students are located in the process scale, in the same way, the median and mode are equivalent to 14 points, with a high dispersion by the value of the standard deviation of 2.5 on average and with a difference of 11 points between the highest and lowest grade. because Pearson's correlation (0.898), shows a direct and strong relationship, where social skills influence 80.72% of academic performance demonstrating that it is significant at 95% reliability.

CONCLUSIONS: Social skills do significantly influence academic performance in students of high Andean educational institutions in the Puno region year 2023.