A Comparative Study of Academic Stress Among Government and Private Undergraduate Students

Abstract

Academic Stress is defined as anxiety and stress that occurs because of schooling and education. Under-Graduate (UG) students are usually stressed while pursuing their academic qualification. The study aimed to understand the level of academic stress among government and private undergraduate students. The research was conducted on 120 samples where 60 students were from private college and 60 students were from Govt. College. The required data was collected in a classroom setting and the age limit was from 18-23. The level of Academic stress was assessed using Academic Stress Inventory (ASI) for students, developed at universities and colleges of technology of Ying Ming Lin & Farn Shing Chen. To analyse the data, statistical techniques such as Mean and Standard Deviation (SD), t-test and ANOVA were applied (Inchara Chamaiah Swamy, 2021). The results shows that there is a significant difference in the level of Academic Stress among female and male students, where in female mean score was higher, it shows that female students had greater academic stress than males. However private college students face more academic stress than Government college students. There was no significant relation between Academic Stress and domicile of the students and also there was no significant relation between the level of Academic Stress and Stream of study.