Emotional Intelligence and Self-esteem among B.Ed. Students

The present study is investigated about the emotional intelligence and self-esteem among B.Ed. students. The study was conducted through descriptive survey method. The researcher took self-esteem as dependent variable and emotional intelligence as independent variable. Also, the researcher adopted random sampling technique by taking 100 B.Ed. students from three teacher education institutions which are under Utkal University. Emotional intelligence inventory developed by S.K. Mangal and self-esteem inventory developed by Karunanidhi used as tools for the collection of data. The data collected were analysed using simple statistical devices like mean and standard deviation. The major findings revealed that most of the B.Ed. students have average level of emotional intelligence and have average self-esteem. There is positive relationship between emotional intelligence and self-esteem of B.Ed. students.