EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER, STREAM AND SOCIAL CATEGORY

The study was conducted to assess t he emotional intelligence of prospective teachers. A sample comprised of 400 prospective teachers (200 male, 100 of each stream i.e., science and arts and 100 of each social category i.e., general and reserved as well as 200 female, 100 of each stream i.e. , science and arts and 100 of each social category i.e., general and reserved) from the selected colleges of education from H.P. For this purpose data was collected using Roqan Emotional Intelligence Test by Prof. Roquiya Zainuddin and Anjum Ahmed. For ana lysis of the obtained data ‘Analysis of Variance’, (2x2x2) factorial design was used. The results indicated that Prospective teachers do not differ and interact significantly in the Emotional intelligence with respect to their gender, stream and social ca tegory.