Emotional Intelligence of Prospective Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Different Levels of Academic Achievement

The current investigation examines the emotional intelligence of prospective secondary school teachers, specifically in relation to their academic achievement, across five key dimensions: self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy, and social skills, and overall emotional intelligence. A random sample of 1113 pre-service secondary school teachers were drawn from various teachers' training institutions across six districts in Himachal Pradesh. Data were collected using the researcher-developed and standardised Emotional Intelligence Scale, and academic achievement was evaluated in terms of graduation grades. The data was analysed using a Two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), which revealed that academic achievement had no significant effect on five dimensions of emotional intelligence.