In the recent years, the concept of the emotional intelligence among teachers has been taken attention in the educational institutions due to its great importance. The main objective of the study is to study and examine the difference of emotional intelligence between male and female teachers of Government and private secondary school. Ho= There is no significant difference of emotional intelligence between male teachers of Government and private secondary school, was formulated and analysis of this hypothesis 600 teachers drawn from Secondary schools. A stratified randomization technique of sampling was employed. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) developed by Dr. P. SriNivasan and Mr. K. Murugesan was administrated. Mean, S.D. and t-test statistical techniques were used for interpretation and analysis of data. Major findings: there is significant difference of emotional intelligence’s dimension ‘self awareness’, ‘self management’ and sum of all dimensions between male teachers of Government and private secondary school. And there is significant difference of emotional intelligence’s dimension ‘self awareness’, ‘self management’ and sum of all dimensions between female teachers of Government and private secondary school.