The State Of Emotional Intelligence Of Principals In Government Primary School In Bole Sub City

The purpose of this study was to assess the state of emotional intelligence of principal in rngovernment primary schools in Bole sub city. This study measured the emotional intelligence of rnprincipals using the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal tool. A descriptive survey research design rnwas used to achieve the objectives of the study. The research participants were 31 principals and rn121 teachers who work in government primary schools in Bole sub city. For the purpose of this rnstudy standardized questionnaires were used. To measure the emotional intelligence of the rnprimary school principals the researcher used The Emotional Intelligence Self-Appraisal tool rnwas used: which measures the following five categories of emotional intelligence: (1) self–rnawareness, (2) self–management, (3) social awareness, (4) relationship management, and (5) rnoverall emotional intelligence. The data analysis has been done using different statistical rntechniques like, mean, standard deviation and IBM SPSS version 21. The results of this research rnindicated that emotional intelligence has a positive effect on principals’ leadership performance. rnThis supports the body of research that emotional intelligence has a positive effect on leadership rnperformance. In addition there was a difference score between primary school principals and rnteachers rating. When age and years of experience compared to emotional intelligence it does rnnot have a significant effect on leadership performance. Thus Implementation of EI in any rnorganization by a leader to be effective and efficient plays a vital role to leadership skill. rnTherefore school principals need to work on their emotional intelligence considering the effect rnthat their EI skill has an impact on their educational leadership skill and successes in their rnworking environment

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