Abstract
Self-confidence is the perception of a person that he or she is capable to perform a specific task undermining any given situation. The study investigated the likelihood of enhancing self-confidence of academic staff of Public Colleges of Education using Emotional Intelligence Instructional Package (EIIP) toward effective job performance. The sample of this study was made up of 127 academic staff that were drawn from 3 public colleges of education in Benue State, Nigeria. This study adopted non-equivalent quasi-experimental research design. Self-Confidence Scale (SCS) was used for data Collection. The reliability value of SCS is 0.88 using Cronbach Alpha. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation scores while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of Covariance. The study revealed that there is significant difference in the mean self-confidence rating between academics exposed to EIIP and those not exposed to EIIP in favour of those exposed to Emotional intelligence Package. It was recommended that, academics in public colleges of Education should be exposed to EIIP in other to enhance their self-confidence towards effective job performance.