Education is a process of human enlightenment and empowerment. Recognizing the potentiality of education in the modern technological society Universalization of education with Right to education and quality education has taken place in the society. “Mathematics is a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning”. Thus Mathematics is essentially a program of education which fosters higher order mental process of questioning, reasoning, analyzing, inductive and logical thinking. Hence the teaching of Mathematics attains utmost importance in any school curriculum. Mathematics is essential for everyone and is a part of the compulsory program for school education. Mathematics learning does not instinct a feeling of comfort and confidence in children and adults. It is considered to be extremely difficult and only for a few. The fear of the subject pervades not only children but our entire society. This fear has to be removed by the effort in schools, colleges and teachers should empower children and make them feel capable of learning and doing Mathematics. Learning Mathematics does not mean scoring good marks in the subject. It develops competences like thinking logically and working systematically in their daily life. The Problem solving ability is the one of the essential abilities to be developed in every student. Mathematics courses offer great scope for the development of this ability. Problem solving ability is ranked as one of the most important objectives of teaching Mathematics. It is majorly depending upon intelligence reasoning ability and mathematical ability.

Mathematics, Problem solving ability