Contribution of emotional competences to improve the quality of academic performance

Abstract

This article presents theoretical review and compilation on aspects related to academic performance and emotional competences; it mention aspects related to emotions, such as; emotional intelligence, emotional education; As well as some research findings found in the literature on the subject. This is supported by some studies carried out at the international level on the subject. Academic achievement is linked to the results of grades and averages obtained by students as a result of passing or failing  in their subjects, taking into account these indicators as an objective element in the academic performance of university students, without taking into account of other subjective and social indicators as part of these quantitative results. Emotional competencies and cognitive intelligence must form part of the academic curriculum, for its important contribution to the integral development of the student.