A Comparative Study of Emotional Intelligence of Elementary School Students of District Kathua in terms of Gender and locality.

The objectives of the study were to identify the levels of emotional intelligence among elementary school students. The study also aimed to reveal the differences between male & female elementary school students of district Kathua concerning their gender and local. The investigator collected data from 270 students. The data were collected by survey method using a questionnaire with the help of the Emotional Intelligence scale by Arun Kumar and Shruti Narain (2014). The analysis of data was done with the help of percentage analysis, Mean, Standard Deviation &t-test statistical techniques. The main findings of the study revealed that out of 270 elementary school students, 3.33% of students fall in the very poor category, 2.22% of students fall in the poor category, 55.5% of students fall in the average category, 29.6% of students fall in good category and 9.25% of students fall in a very good category in terms of the level of emotional intelligence. The study also showed that there was a significant difference in the levels of emotional intelligence of elementary school students based on gender and locality.