‘A STUDY OF EFFECT OF EXAMINATION ANXIETY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL SCHOOL STUDENTS’

The present study tries to examine the effect of Examination Anxiety on academic achievement of higher secondary students, Paschim Medinipur, Random sampling technique was used to collect genuine data. For this, a self prepared Examination anxiety scale with 21 items (each item consisting five alternatives) was used to collect information relating to anxiety. For analyzing data, different statistical techniques were used namely Mean, SD, correlation and t test. Findings of the study showed that a significant negative correlation was found between academic achievement and examination anxiety of higher secondary school students. But significant difference exists between boys and girls, general and other students in terms of examination anxiety and academic achievement of higher secondary Students.