RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA
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This study investigated the relationship between EI and academic achievement of postgraduate students in public universities in North Central Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The study population comprised 4,250 postgraduate students in public universities in North Central Nigeria. The Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table of sample specification was used to draw the sample of 384 students. Stratified random sampling was used to divide the population into smaller subgroups known as strata. Akinboye’s 5-Branch Creative Model of Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Academic Achievement (AC) were the two research instruments used for the study. The collected data were subjected to statistical analysis using the mean score and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while the t-test and PPMCC were used to test the hypotheses. The study findings revealed that the emotional intelligence of postgraduate students in North-central Nigeria is moderate. The study also shows that the overall academic achievement of postgraduate students in public universities in North Central Nigeria is relatively above average. The study also indicated a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and the academic achievement of postgraduate students in public universities in North-central Nigeria. The study further revealed that the emotional intelligence of male and female students did not differ significantly. It was recommended that emotional intelligence should be included in the postgraduate school curriculum to improve the level of students’ emotional intelligence competencies.
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