Academic administration of Indian school system: A study on emotional intelligence of school academic administrators in relation to various background variables

Abstract

The study was carried out to examine the influence of gender and length of service on Emotional Intelligence of School Academic Administrators in India. The descriptive research design was employed to carry out the study. A sample of 200 school academic administrators, working as Chief Education Officers, Zonal Education Officers, Principals of Higher Secondary Schools, Principals of District Institute of Education and Trainings and Head Teachers of High Schools were selected. The sample subjects were selected from four districts of Kashmir, India by using Stratified Random Sampling Technique. Emotional Intelligence Scale standardized by Nadeem and Naaz (2015) was employed to collect the data. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test were used to analyse the data. The results revealed that both gender and length of service affects the emotional stability of school academic administrators in India.