EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Jasraj Kaur; Sandeep Kaur

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Jasraj Kaur, Sandeep Kaur

Abstract :

Education is the development of all those capacities in an individual which will enable a person to control his environment and develop his personality in proper manner. Sharma et al. (2011) focused that one of the most important concerns of education is to ensure that the child is able to make use of most of his abilities and capabilities to achieve to his maximum level.Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, assess and control the emotions of oneself, of others and of groups. It is ability to acquire and apply knowledge from our emotions and emotions of others in order to be successful and lead a fulfilling life. Mayer et al. (2000) opined that emotional intelligence plays a key role in determining life success. It becomes more and more important as people progress up the career ladder of their life. Academic achievement become evident as a student evolves into a resourceful and enthusiastic learner who is ultimately capable. Sharma et al. (2011) explained achievement is the outcome of the training imparted to students by the teacher in school situation. A sample of 200 school students has been selected randomly from government senior secondary schools of Mansa district of Punjab in which 100 are male and 100 are female. Significance of the difference is used to find out the gender difference statistically. Findings of the present study revealed that there are significant gender difference among school students in terms of positive psychological capital i.e. emotional intelligence and academic achievement.