This study investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence, parent child interaction and academic achievement of grade 9 students of 2001 E. C in Tana Haik and Bahir Dar Academy secondary school, students. The data were gathered from 210 participants. Samples were It,.elected us_ing simple randam sampling technique and the , Moment correlation coefficient and multiple regressions (stepwise) statistics. Results · showed that both emotional intelligence and parent child interaction predicted significantly academic achievement(R=0.48J, R2=0."234).Similarly, there wer~ significant .~ ~ I J . ~ .. andpositive relationships between emotional intelligence, parent child interaction and academic · achievement. Furthermore, components of emotional intelligence showed . . significant and positive relationships with academic achievement: The implications of the