Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Abilities of Head Teachers of Girls Secondary Schools in District Rahim Yar Khan

The present study aims to measure emotional intelligence level leadership abilities and find out the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership abilities of head teachers of girls' secondary school at district Rahim Yar Khan. This descriptive correlational nature study used a survey research design. Headteachers of girls’ secondary schools in the district of Rahim Yar Khan constituted the population of the study. The 96 head teachers contributed to data collection. An online questionnaire was used as a research tool for data collection. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS-22 and presented in tables and figures. The study found a significant positive correlation between the emotional intelligence and leadership abilities of secondary school head teachers at district Rahim Yar Khan. The researchers recommended that the head teachers be given proper training in emotional intelligence in order to provide them with sufficient know-how about emotional intelligence and teach them how to use it for handling and motivating the employees under their auspices. The researchers also recommended that the study be replicated in other districts and at different levels of education to pave the way for generalizing the results of studies already conducted in this regard.