ABSTRACT
The present investigation aimed at studying the level of Emotional Intelligence and whether Gender influences the Emotional Intelligence of Elementary Teacher Trainees. Normative Survey Method was adopted for the study. The sample of the study consisted of 526 - Elementary Teacher Trainees. Emotional intelligence of the Elementary Teacher Trainees was assessed by using Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EII) and was constructed and validated by Dr. P. Anna Raja and Antony Raja (2010). Using percentage analysis and 't'- test the data were analyzed. From the findings of the study it was found that the level of Emotional Intelligence and its dimensions Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social–Awareness and Relationship-Management among the Elementary Teacher Trainees are moderate. The study also revealed that there is no significant difference exists between Male and Female Elementary Teacher Trainees in the mean scores of Emotional Intelligence and its dimensions Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social-Awareness, and Relationship Management