Year : 2022, Volume : 12, Issue : 1
First page : ( 27) Last page : ( 36)
Print ISSN : 2231-4105. Online ISSN : 2249-5223. Published online : 2022  29.
Article DOI : 10.30954/2231-4105.01.2022.3

A Study of the Impact of Examination Stress on Academic Achievement of Students of Higher Education

Singh Mukesh Kumar^*

Assitant Professor, Nehru Gram Bharati (Deemed to be University), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

^*Corresponding author: msprofmukesh@gmail.com

Online Published on 29 July, 2023.

Received:  23  ,  2022; :  11  ,  2022; Accepted:  06  ,  2022.

Abstract

The high level of stress during examination is not only the result of student’s aspiration or parental expectation, the archaic and disgraceful examination system for higher education is equally responsible for it. The stress is often on testing the student’s memory and rote learning. A careful memorizing of answers to questions posed in the three previous years (excluding the immediate past year) will guarantee high grades. Analytical skills, application of knowledge, problem-solving capacity and innovation are rarely tested. There is no stress on continuous appraisal and the student is only judged by his/her performance in a single final examination. There is an absolute disconnect between what is taught in the class and what is tested. One would imagine that the teacher who teaches the course is best suited to evaluate a student’s performance in that course. But in the current system, a completely disconnected evaluator sitting somewhere else grades the student’s exam. A dearth of studies on relationship between examination stress and academic achievement among higher student was found and that is the rationale behind taking this study to focus on college students. The primary goal of this paper is to examine how academic stress affects secondary students. It should be of interest for education policy makers in India to enhance their understanding of Indian students’ examination stress and anxiety and to develop ideas about how to best utilize and manage the education system to promote the optimum academic performance and emotional development of students in India.

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Keywords

Stress, Academic Achivement, Academic Stress, Emotional development.

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