Study of emotional intelligence of B.ED. students

It was a common belief that a person's general intelligence measured as intelligence quotient is the greatest predictor of success in any walks of life. However researches and experiments conducted in the 90’s onwards have tried to challenge such over dominance of intelligence and replaced it with the concept of emotional intelligence. Today emotional intelligence is considered to be important for success in all walks of life. The present study is aimed to understand the level of emotional intelligence in the B.Ed. students. Emotional Intelligence Test developed by Prof. N. K. Chadha and Dr. Dalip Singh was administered to a group of 215 students. The data was analyzed statistically using one-way ANNOVA. It was concluded that gender and method subjects play no significant role in determination of emotional intelligence. It was recommended that emotional intelligence should not be judged on the basis of emotional intelligence.