Article Abstract

Academic anxiety is a typical performance anxiety and now it is a widespread concern among the students at secondary level. The present study is conducted to explore the actual relationship between academic anxiety and academic achievement of the students. A descriptive analytical survey method with correlational research design is adopted according to the nature of the study. 50 boys and 50 girls students, studying in class IX, were sampled by employing simple random sampling. The objectives of the study are: To find out the relationship between academic anxiety and academic achievement of the students at secondary level, To compare the academic anxiety between male and female students at secondary level, And to compare the academic achievement between male and female students at secondary level. There is significant relationship between academic anxiety and academic achievement of the students at secondary level as the correlation value (r) is -0.95. The negative value indicates that academic achievement decreases significantly when academic anxiety increases at 0.01 level, as the p-value of 0.00 is less than the p-value of 0.01 for df 98. There is significant difference in academic anxiety between male and female students at secondary level. The female students are more anxious than male students since their mean score being 152.28 is higher than that of male students being 138.88. There is significant difference in academic achievement between the mean scores of male and female students at secondary level. The male students are better achievers since their mean score being 59.78 is higher than that of female students being 48.38. The study explored that some necessary educational reforms should be taken so as to minimise the academic anxiety among the students to enable them to achieve their expected academic excellence. The responsible persons should take necessary actions to ensure the academic excellence of the students which could contribute to social well-being as well as nation’s progress.
Keywords: Academic Achievement, Academic Anxiety, Secondary Level