The Role of Gender in the Emotional Intelligence of Net Generation Students

Purpose: Research in the field ofgender studieshave become a dynamic study area over the past few decades and is likely to become even more so as the importance of gender equality is rapidly gaining momentum. Therefore understanding gender differences will be viewed as increasingly important. India has been regarded as the youngest country in the world by the UN as it has the world’s second largest population. However there are only 940 females for every 1000 males (census 2011) This clearly indicates that there is a discrimination .Gender difference is one of the most neglected component in the Indian education system due to the complexity in its computation. Gender shapes an individual’s personality, measured by big 5 personality traits of an individual (Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism) and controls the behavior of the person which has a strong relationship with the academic performance.This article aims at examining the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and gender of net generation students.