The present study was conducted to investigate emotional intelligence of higher secondary students in relation to certain demographic variables viz. gender, locality of school, type of management, religion, caste, parental qualification and parental occupation. Emotional intelligence is denied as one of the important aspects in educating a person to be balanced as a whole. Through emotional intelligence, one will become more successful in life as compared to individuals that gain solely high levels of intellectual intelligence (IQ). Emotional intelligence also provides liberty for individuals to explore self potentials, as well as providing opportunities for individuals to harmonize themselves with their self emotion. Differential method of research was used for collecting the data using Emotional intelligence by Scale Anukool Kyde, Sunjyat Dethe and Upinder Dhar (2001). Sample included 240 randomly selected higher secondary students from various schools at Vellore City. Inferential statistics were used to compare the means between the groups. Findings of the study revealed that (1) there is no significant difference between emotional intelligence of higher secondary students with respect to their gender, locality of school, type of management, religion, caste, parental qualification and parental occupation.

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