Abstract

Emotional intelligence is a type of intelligence that involves the ability to monitor, understand one’s own and others emotions, to discriminate among them and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions. It is the capacity to process emotional information accurately and efficiently taking into account information relevant to the recognition, construction and regulation of emotion in oneself and others. The study aimed to examine the Emotional intelligence and it impact on academic achievement in zoology among higher secondary students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the Emotional intelligence and it impact on academic achievement in zoology among higher secondary students. For this study a sample of 300 higher secondary students from five Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that is inferred that there is a difference in the level of emotional intelligence and achievement in zoology among higher secondary students.

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