INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON UNDERGRADUATES ATTITUDE TOWARDS EXAMINATION IN ILORIN METROPOLIS

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is one's ability to acquire and apply knowledge from his/her emotions and that of others. This 
study investigated influence of emotional intelligence on undergraduates’ attitude towards examination in Ilorin 
metropolis. The study examined the influence of emotional intelligence on undergraduates’ attitude towards 
examination based on variables such as gender, university attended, age and level of study. Descriptive research 
design was adopted for the study and simple random sampling procedure was employed to draw 100 undergraduates 
each in University of Ilorin and Al-Hikmah University. Questionnaire titled 'Emotional Intelligence and 
Undergraduates Attitude Towards Examination Questionnaire (EIATEQ)' was used to gather information for the 
study. The null hypothesis generated were analysed using Means, Standard Deviations and t-value, Analysis of 
Variance (ANOVA) and Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) all hypotheses were analyzed 0.05 alpha level. The 
findings of the study revealed that level of emotional intelligence of undergraduates in Ilorin metropolis sampled 
were high while the attitude of undergraduates in Ilorin metropolis towards examination were positive and there 
were no significant difference in the influence of emotional intelligence on undergraduates attitude towards 
examination in Ilorin metropolis based on gender as well as level of study but there were significant difference in the 
influence of emotional intelligence on undergraduates attitude towards examination in Ilorin metropolis based on 
university attended and age. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended educationists, counsellors, 
school administrators, parents and other stakeholders should add more efforts to their responsibility of helping 
Undergraduates in Ilorin metropolis to maintain the high level of emotional intelligence and those that seems to lag 
behind, encouraged and helped to attain a normal level of emotional intelligence, bearing in mind that it influences 
their attitude and academic performances