Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to the Academic Performance of SHS Learners Amidst Pandemic

Emotional intelligence is relevant nowadays because of the directly proportional relationship among people recognizing the importance of it more and more each day, and the risk of having mental and emotional issues – especially with the learners amidst the pandemic. Hence, this study investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence and the academic performance of senior high school learners through descriptive correlational design. A total of 190 learners were the respondents of the study. Based on the statistical analysis, there is a significant relationship between emo emotional intelligence and academic performance (r=.251) of senior high school learners. Moreover, the implications were discussed in the study