TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

The revitalization and strengthening of the education system depends on teachers. They play crucial role for the developments of educational standards in the country. This demands teachers to be more effective in the classroom and be optimistic with high Emotional intelligence to influence the students. In the present study, the investigator analyzed the level of Teacher Effectiveness, and Emotional Intelligence of government secondary school teachers, and to find out the relationship among both the variables. The data were collected from 60 Secondary School Teachers of Balasore district using Teacher Effectiveness Scale by Pramod Kumar and D.N. Mutha (1974),Modified version of Emotional Intelligence Scale by Krishnappa V.K. (2008) and self made personal data sheet. The collected data were analyzed by using Mean, SD, t- test and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation and the findings revealed that (i) Government Secondary School Teachers of different academic stream do not differ both in Teacher Effectiveness and Emotional Intelligence. (ii) There is no significance of difference between Male and Female government Secondary School Teachers both in Teacher Effectiveness and Emotional Intelligence. (iii) There is no relationship between Teacher Effectiveness and Emotional Intelligence