A Study of Gender Differences in Test Anxiety Among Students Appeared in Board Exams in India

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the gender differences in test anxiety among the students of the India appearing in board exams. Here in this study 101 students from secondary and senior secondary level took participation. Test anxiety scale developed by Nist & Diehl was applied on this sample size. Null hypothesis were used in this study to compare the means of this difference. Comparative research designed were used and t-test was applied for statistical analysis of the raw data and the research findings clearly suggests that both the class 10th and 12th students suffer from exam anxiety, particularly girls reported higher anxiety levels. In this present study t-value is greater than the critical value 3.5469 > 0.0006 with 99 degree of freedom and 0.01 level of significance.  Exam anxiety is a critical problem that affects the majority of students appearing in board exams. In particular, Board exams in India have a prominent role in career making and life making that’s why students across the northern part of country showed higher test anxiety.  Several possible solutions to the problems caused by academic pressure are suggested in this study.