Measures for Promoting Emotional Intelligence of Teachers in Government Technical Colleges for Improving Performance in Enugu State

The main purpose of the study was to determine the measures for promoting emotional intelligence of teachers in Government Technical Colleges for Improved performance in Enugu State. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. A survey design was adopted for the study. The population used for the study was 38 technical college teachers in two Government technical colleges in Enugu State (GTC Enugu and GTC Nsukka) offering vocational trades programme in the State. There was no sampling due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument used for data collection was a 21-item structured questionnaire grouped into two sections according to the research questions that guided the study. The items were structured in four-point rating scale. The instrument was validated by three experts, two from Department of Technology and Vocational Education and one who majored in Measurement and Evaluation from Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Education, all from Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.83. Out of 38 copies of questionnaire distributed, 34 copies were returned giving 89.47% return rate. Mean with standard deviation which t-test statistical tools was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.5 level of significance used to answer the research questions. Based on the data analysed, the study identified government and institution administrative measures for promoting emotional intelligence of technical college teachers in Enugu State. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made, among others include: government should organize or sponsor workshops and seminars in technical colleges to promote technical teachers’ emotional intelligence, school administrators should provide the needed environment that would promote technical teachers’ emotional intelligence in their guidance services.