To Study the Impact of Academic Anxiety on Self-Esteem and Social Competence on School Children of Ambala District of Haryana

Abstract

Education offers a path for overall growth and personality development. It serves both as an activity and a continuous process that shapes an individual’s behavior transitioning it from being instinct driven to more refined and humanized. Through education, our personality becomes polished enabling us to think more logically. Enhancing our cognitive abilities, fostering reasoning and analytical reasoning. Moreover, education helps in process of making us responsible citizens who contribute to the nation’s progress. Among all the levels of education, senior secondary stage upholds particular significance, as it lays foundation for higher studies. The future of a country is largely influenced by this stage, as a country’s success is largely related to the academic success of the children. We are going to study the impact of academic anxiety on self esteem and social competence, because these variables have important implications for student’s well- being and academic performance.