• Sumaila Parveen
• Rabia Aftab
• Prof. Asiya Aijaz

Academic stress is prevalent among students of every culture, ethnicity, and society. Level of stress may differ from culture to culture due to their different methods of teaching and curriculum. However, it is present in vivid forms. Stress only arises when students are unable to take the challenges and meets the adequate demands. These demands may contain expectation from parents, peer pressure, self-apprehensions, difficult curriculum, and other contextual factors. Academic stress can cause further unpleasant consequences like lower grades, mood disorders and behavioural malfunction. Therefore, it is crucial to find out the solution and comprehend the source of academic stress to setup the intervention strategies accordingly. . In this context, the study is conducted to find out the differences between male and female secondary students. Total sample of the data is 120 (male = 60, female = 60). The result of the study indicated there were no significant differences between group of male and female students .There is also no significant difference between educated and non-educated parents on academic stress. Furthurmore, it has been found significant differences between hosteller and non-hosteller students and class VIII, XI and X on Academic stress.

Academic stress and secondary students

"ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.120-124, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K17.pdf

"ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp120-124, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K17.pdf