IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

J.C.Cyril Antony

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

A STUDY OF ACADEMIC STRESS AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT

J. C. Cyril Antony

Abstract :

The examination situations may impose demands beyond that individual’s capacity to meet them even given the resources available in that situation. Not only exams, in their day to day activities viz., submitting assignments on time, regular home works, hands on training in laboratories also raise the tempo of the academic stress in each and every student. It is also believed that Scholastic achievement is based on a number of factors such as children’s attitude, interest personality characteristics and social class in addition to learning. (Laries 1965) Gupta and Kapoor (1969) have stated that academic performance of students an aspect of their total behaviour. It is the product of interaction of the student as an individual with his environment namely school college, or teachers and peers. The author is confident that the knowledge in this report, and subsequent publications by this team of researchers, will help lead to more effective policy and practice at a time of fully justified public impatience for school improvement in terms of sustaining the initial stress which cause the scholastic achievement of every student. The statement of the problem is said to be A Study of Academic Stress and Scholastic Achievement of Higher Secondary Students in Thiruvallur District. Hypotheses were developed testifying the present truth what is going on now. In this study, Survey Method is adopted. The study has focused on the data collected through 4 point Likert Rating Scales. measures Academic Stress. In the present study, the population selections were Higher Secondary School students of Thiruvallur Educational district. The data were collected from 300 students of standard XI in which 162 boys and 138 girls from 10 Higher Secondary Schools that were selected at random. The Reliability was calculated to be 0.676 The intrinsic Validity Coefficient was 0.822. It may be concluded that Girl students studying in class XI those who availed Mathematic subject had much academic stress that too their parents qualified in PG level also PG qualified parents’ children either boys or girls studying in class XI availed Commerce group in Government Aided school opted English medium had significant influence in inging better Scholastic Achievement.