A Study On Academic Stress Among Government School Students In Visakhapatnam District

Abstract

The present paper was an attempt to establish the Academic Stress of Government Schools in Visakhapatnam District. Various Indian and foreign studies were reviewed. The variables are Personal Inadequacy, Fear of Failure, Interpersonal Difficulties with Parents and Teachers,  Teacher Pupil Relationship, Inadequate Study Facilities is primarily dependent variables in which the independent variables are Gender, Class, Type of School, Place of Stay, Parental Monthly Income.. Present study is an attempt of authors to study the level of academic stress in students.  Descriptive Survey method has been used in this study. The sample consisted of 200 students from Visakhapatnam district using stratified random sampling method. Questionnaire was constructed for the students to find out the opinions on Academic Stress among Government School students in Visakhapatnam district. The data were analyzed using various statistical methods like mean, SD, t-test and ANOVA by SPSS package. The score obtained by different groups are compared across the variables.  The results indicated that According to their gender, male students are more Academic Stress than that of female students, whereas according their class, 9th class students are more Academic Stress than that of 10^th class students. According to their type of school, Municipal High school students are more Academic Stress than that of Zilla Parishad High School students and Hosteller are more are more Academic Stress than that of Day Scholar. The results are discussed in light of previous research studied; Implications and Recommendations for further research were also suggested.