Emotional Intelligence of Higher Secondary School Students with Respect to Their Gender and Locality in Cooch Behar District

The present study aims to know emotional intelligence level of higher secondary school students with respect to their gender and locality in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, India. In this study descriptive survey method was used for collecting the data. The researcher utilized a combination of convenience sampling and simple random sampling methods for selecting the sample. Through convenience sampling, eight schools were chosen, comprising four urban and four rural schools. Subsequently, simple random sampling was employed to select 160 higher secondary students, out of which 80 males and 80 females. The researcher used a single scale to collect data which was Emotional Intelligence Inventory developed by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Dr. Shruti Narain (2014). To analyze the data mean (M), standard deviation (SD) and ‘t’-test have been used by the researcher. The study found that the majority of both male and female students have an average level of emotional intelligence. It also found that most urban and rural students have an average level of emotional intelligence. The study revealed that there was no significant difference in emotional intelligence between male and female students. Similarly, no significant difference was found between urban and rural students with respect to emotional intelligence.