ACADEMIC ANXIETY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The main objectives of the study were, to assess the level of Academic anxiety of high school students and to examine if there exists any significant difference in the mean score of Academic anxiety of high school students based on gender, locality of the student, type of family, parent's educational qualification and type of the school.For this study, the Normative-survey method was followed.Academic anxiety scale was used to collect the data.The researcher employed the simple random sampling technique for selecting the sample.The sample consisted of 306 high school students.The appropriate statistical techniques were employed in the analysis part.The main finding is that the level of Academic anxiety of high school students is very high.The investigator further discusses the recommendations.