Anxiety level of young boys and girls before examination

NTRODUCTION: Exam anxiety is one of the most important problems among moderate and low average students. In the time of examination, many students and parents approach counselors and psychologists which show the existence of the severity of this problem. It prompted the researcher to make an in depth study of this subject. Besides examination anxiety, students are facing problems like loneliness, learning disabilities, physical changes, emotional problems, peer group pressures, rebellious behaviours etc. Here comes the role of a school counselor. In the present world scenario, education has a very essential role in the primary and secondary spheres of life. It is the basic necessity to get success in human life and for the development of nation. Inspite of education being an asset of an individual, academic achievement becomes a race to reach the top for the students. The education system of our country ranks the student's intelligence and capability by the marks they obtain in the exams. Even the admission for the higher education is based on the marks obtained in the lower class which discourages the student and causes the mental tension, worries and stress. Greater expectation from student exhibit the symptom of anxiety. Whenever someone faces the physical and psychological situations, the person experiences the effect of stress and it is termed as anxiety. It has been studied as a relatively stable personality trait or a drive, as a conditioned response in which a fear of anxiety has become associated with previously neutral stimuli. According to Hall (1966), anxiety is one of the most important concept in psychoanalytic theory and plays an important role in the development of personality as well as in the dynamics of personality functioning.