SRJHSEL/BIMONTHLY/SINGH B. P(971-977) OCT-NOV, 2014, VOL-I, ISSUE-VI. www.srjis.com Page 971 A Study of Emotional Intelligence, Self Concept and Teaching Competence of Secondary School Teachers. Singh B. P., Ph. D. Associate Professor, MLRS( PG ) College of Education, Charkhi Dadri,Bhiwani (Haryana). The role of teachers and schools are changing, and so are expectations about them: teachers are asked to teach in increasingly multicultural class rooms, integrate students with special needs, use ICT for teaching effectively, engage in evaluation and accountability process, and involve parents in school. Teaching is a complex process. It requires how a teacher controls his emotions. Those teachers who control their emotion in the class room are better teachers. These teachers are intelligent in solving various problems of the school as well as of surrounding. They know better about their abilities, potential and capabilities. Those teachers who score higher on emotional and self concept scale have higher teaching competence. The present study was conducted on 200 teachers (100 private school teachers and 100 government school teachers) from urban area of Haryana. Data were analyzed by t test. It was concluded that private school teachers scored more on emotional intelligence, self concept and teaching competence as compare to government school teachers. Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, self concept, teaching competence, secondary school. Life of every human being is very complex. It is full of fear, pleasure, excitement and curiosity. Everyday the teacher comes across with several problems and comfort. Each teacher has to face his family problems, school problems and all other problems in his surroundings. He has to face the challenging world everyday in all sphere of his life. Emotion represents complex reaction of organism to any subject. It represents the physiological and mental state of an organism. It is Abstract