A STUDY ON STRESS MANAGEMENT FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MORIGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM

Stress is one of the unavoidable components of normal life. In this competitive world, adolescents feel stress due to their overburdened activities. According to the 2017 Lancet Report, India has the highest suicide rate between the ages 15-19 years. Between 2010 and 2017, suicide rates per 1,00,000 adolescents increased by 7.9% per year. The examination and marks oriented education system results in excessive academic stress in students. So if a student feels that he or she is unable to fulfill the demand of parents and teachers, he or she may get stressed. Moderate level stress helps to improve particular task or activity. It finishes work accurately or correctly because of fear or punishment. But increased amount for a prolonged period will have deleterious effect on the physical and mental health and academic achievement of the students. Therefore, it is the major responsibility of every school to provide proper stress management facilities in schools, especially at secondary levels. In this paper an effort has been made to study about the stress management facilities available in secondary schools. This study is based on primary data collected from 10 Government secondary school of Morigaon District, Assam.