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We live in a world that is changing faster than ever and facing unparalleled challenges. In the current competitive situation where students are expected to perform multiple roles with performance and effectiveness, it is highly needed to realize their right position and passionate intelligence towards the unseen complexities of life and quality education. The proposed New Policy on Education mainly focuses on improving the quality of education that can be produced by making the students emotionally intelligent. Emotional knowledge helps in bringing better achievement of students and offer them skills for their personal and professional lives. The present study aimed to know the emotional intelligence among secondary and higher secondary school students. It also aimed to check emotional intelligence with reference to level of education and gender. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) prepared by Dr. Pallavi P. Patel, and Dr. Hitesh P. Patel (2012) was used. The sample constituted total 120 students out of which 60 were from secondary school students (30 boys students and 30 girls students) and 60 from higher secondary school students (30 boys students and 30 girls students). The data was collected from Ahmedabad City. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. 'F' test was being calculated. The result showed that, 1. There is no significant difference between the mean score of emotional intelligence among the secondary and higher secondary school students, 2. The girls school students group have higher level of emotional intelligence compare to boys school students group and 3. The secondary girls school students group have higher level of emotional intelligence compare to secondary boys school students group.