THE MEASUREMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – A STUDY AMONG TEACHERS IN ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGES

Abstract

Education plays its significant role in the success of a human in each and every discipline. Education provides the skills to students to enhance their skills, to prepare them physically, and to build them up mentally. For successful teaching it is not just required the subject knowledge, but effective skills are also required. Teachers are the backbone of the educational institutions. Without teachers, these institutions are considered the body without soul. The teachers who got training can be expected to have high emotional intelligence. Definitely teachers having good emotional intelligence, can teach students effectively, But it is needed to measure this phenomenon. In the present study, the investigator has studied the emotional intelligence, occupational stress and performance of teachers, who are the persons responsible for moulding the future generation. The study has thrown light on the emotional intelligence of teachers and its relation to their academic performance. The study has found that emotional intelligence is positively correlated with academic performance.