A STUDY ON ACADEMIC STRESS OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The purpose of the present study was to reduce the Academic Stress of higher secondary students and find out the differences if any in terms of Gender, Type of Family, Type of School Management, Family Income and Stream of Study. The samples for the study comprised of 250 higher secondary school students in Thiruvannamalai District. Survey method was adopted and simple random sampling technique was used to carry out the present research. The investigator has used descriptive and differential statistical methods for analyzing the collected data. It was found that there is significant difference in the Academic Stress of higher secondary students in relation to their Gender, Type of Family, Type of School Management and further there is no significant difference in the Academic Stress of higher secondary students in relation to their Family Income and Stream of Study. The findings could be useful for the students to know their level of stress and they can take up necessary and sufficient practices to reduce their Academic Stress