Exam anxiety among students of secondary schools in Herat city

Pages: 204-207
Mohmmad Zobair Azizi and Noorulhaq Seddiqi (Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan, South Asia)

The purpose of this research is to study the rate of exam anxiety among secondary school students in Herat city. This research is both empirical and library review study. This research is quantitatively done on 300 students (150 Male & 150 Female) of Secondary School students in Herat city by a reliable questionnaire from Sarason, and the data collected was analyzed by Excel. Findings indicate that the number of students with severe test anxiety is high among all three grades in Tajrabawi as well as Ali Shah high school. There is no significant difference in test anxiety between the two targeted schools but there is a significant difference between the two targeted genders in test anxiety. Girls were having more test anxiety with mean of (M=22.800) but boys were having lesser test anxiety with mean of (M=19.400). Thus; the attention of education authorities and families are necessary.