According to ELIAS (1997) “Emotional competence is the ability to understand, manage and express the emotional aspect of one's life in ways that enable the successful management of tasks such as learning, forming relationships, solving everyday problems and adopting to the complex demands of growth and development”. “Emotional Intelligence consists of abilities such as being able to motivate one and persist in the face of frustrations, to control impulse and delay gratification to regulate one's moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think to empathise and hope”. (Goleman Daniel 1995) According to Stephen Covey (2004 ), the five commonly accepted factors are first Self- awareness, second personal motivation third self - regulation, fourth empathy and fifth communication skills The responsible leaders' like teachers, Emotional quotient begins with the cornerstone of Emotional literacy - that builds a locus of self confidence through Emotional Honesty, energy, emotional feedback, intuition, responsibility and connection. Emotional intelligence is essential if students and teachers are to become healthy human beings. If one desires and hopes for a better world that is more caring, loving, inclusive, i.e. a world where people are empowered to live wholesome, healthy and contributing lives, then one must inculcate emotional intelligence amongst students and teachers. Emotionally intelligent teachers make better decisions, they live with integrity, they use their emotions as a source of energy and direction, they are more effective in solving problems, they collaborate better and they are more effective leaders. The teachers require a high degree of emotional competence rather than academic competence for an improved performance and a better quality of life.