Academic anxiety of secondary school students in Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India

Anxiety is a common phenomenon of daily life. It plays a fundamental role in human life. Generally, anxiety is a physiological and psychological state which is characterised by emotional, cognitive, somatic and behavioural aspects. Academic anxiety is a state anxiety which related to the impending danger from the environment of the educational institution together with teacher, certain subject like Mathematics, English, science etc. In the present study, investigator intended to study the academic anxiety among secondary school students in the district of Murshidabad of West Bengal in India. Researcher has been used Academic Anxiety Scale for Children (AASC) by A.K. Singh & A. Sen Gupta for data collection. A quantitative descriptive research design has been developed and properly applied for this purpose. The study revealed that no significant difference has been found between male and female secondary school students on the variable of academic anxiety.