Solving problems involves both analytical and creative skills. Fostering skills required for students take control of their learning journey by teaching them problem-solving skills empowers students. It demonstrates that there are choices and there are a range of solutions or options. Effective problem solving skills is about making informed choices in a variety of situations. Not only are problemsolving skills useful in a scholarly context but they can help students understand and develop solutions when coping with many of life’s problems or challenges within a varied and problematic environment. Whatever the problem solving situation that may arise for students, they will need to be aware of some fundamental steps in order to solve authentic complex problems in and diverse situations. At the senior secondary school level different streams i.e. Science, Arts and Commerce have diverse level of difficulty regarding the curriculum. Therefore when a student chooses a stream to study then he/she must be aware about his/her problem solving ability. As, it is found in the present study that the students of Science and Commerce streams have the higher level of problem solving ability as compare to the students of Arts stream.