EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

As we know that in everyday life emotions play a very important role in deciding the behavior of human beings and how they react in various situations. The capacity of recognizing our own feelings and those of the others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships assumes great importance in our lives. Positive emotions provide quality to life and help to manage emotional problems and disturbances. Emotional intelligence is an important trait of personality as it helps in shaping the human behavior. In the new millennium the teachers are challenged to educate students at an ever highs level of literacy to meet the demands of an internationally competitive global society. They are not only required to focus on students cognitive development but also need to be competent to handle students continuing physical, emotional, social and spiritual growth. The aim of this study was to compare the emotional intelligence of secondary school teachers. The study was conducted using a quantitative survey research design. And it was conducted in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. An Indian Adaptation of Schutte Self‐Report Emotional Intelligence Inventory was used to assess emotional intelligence of Secondary school teachers. The study sampled 600 secondary school teachers. The results revealed no significant gender & locality differences in emotional intelligence