Comparative Study of Social Intelligence among Secondary School Heads in AJ&K

Abstract

Social intelligence is essential for effective communication, collaboration and conflict resolution which ensure the success of commanding authorities. The main target of the study was to analyze the comparison of social intelligence among secondary school heads regarding their gender. As the study was descriptive in nature and quantitative in approach, cross-sectional research design was used. In the study 111 High schools heads of district Rawalakot Azad Jammun & Kashmir (AJ&K) were the population and 96 was the sample of study. Stratified random sampling was used for the equal participation of both genders. A standardized an adapted questionnaire was used to measure social intelligence. To get results independent sample t-test was used. It was found that female heads of schools were exhibiting more social intelligence than male heads of schools. On the basis of the results Null hypothesis of the study was rejected. It was recommended that Department of Elementary and Secondary education AJ&K should organize specific training module for social emotional learning for male heads to uplift their abilities of social intelligence, reduce gender gap an provide continuous professional development. Policy makers should ensure the equal training opportunities of for both male and female, government should allocate resources to support those policies which improve the social intelligence of school heads.