A Study of Emotional Intelligence with respect to Sex, Locality and Academic Achievement

The present study has been carried out a study of Emotional Intelligence with respect to sex, locality and academic achievement on a sample of 300 secondary school students of which 150 secondary students are female and remaining 150 students are male belonging to urban and rural localities by applying t-test in order to know the level of significance. The data has been collected with the help of Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) developed (2014). It has been concluded that Emotional intelligence of female and male secondary students significantly differ, that of urban and rural students also significantly differ as well as high academic achievers as compared to their counterparts with respect to their emotional intelligence, differ significantly.