Exploring Emotional Intelligence among the Secondary School Teachers

Education is the overall development of students’ personalities. The teachers play a vital role in achieving their goal. Emotionally intelligent (EI) teachers facilitate their students’ motivation, performance, innovation, teamwork, improved leadership qualities, and effective time use. Successful teachers are those who can manage their negative feelings authentically, honestly, and healthily. The present study was conducted to investigate the EI of a random sample of 240 secondary school teachers in Pudukkottai district. For this study, the investigator constructed the EI scale, which has been used to measure emotional intelligence. The collected data were analysed using the t-test. Results revealed that teachers demonstrated moderate levels of EI overall. No significant differences in EI were found by gender, school management type, school locale, or teaching discipline. The results of this study revealed that male and female teachers lack only one specific EI area: they always think about their home problems at work.