Volume : 8, Issue : 4, APR 2022

THE COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ACADEMIC STRESS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECONDARY STUDENTS IN BANDA

AVANTIKA UPADHYAY, DR. MANORANJAN TRIPATHY

Abstract

Background: Recently, schools have drawn attention as a dominant factor of academic stress in student's life. This study is done to assess the level of academic stress between private school and government school students.

Aims: The current study aimed at comparative study on academic stress between Government and private secondary students of Banda.

Methods: To meet the objective, ex-post facto design was used. The sample was selected to study and help in achieving the purpose of the study. The researcher was used random sampling technique for the data collection. A sample of 80 students was selected for the present research. The students of Banda were selected in the sample. A student between the age ranges of 13-16 years was selected in the samples. Participants were given a questionnaire named as academic stress developed by by Kin 1970. Samples were collected via Google form.

Statistical Analysis Used: The statistical analysis was done by calculating mean, SD, And T-test was used for assessing the academic stress.

Results: The obtain t-value and the calculated t-value of the entire hypothesis is greater than critical value which is considered to be significant at 0.05 level of confidence for at df= 78, so the mean are significantly different.

Conclusions: The findings revealed that the academic stress is more at private school student as compared to government school students.

Keywords

ACADEMIC STRESS, GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL. HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS.

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