A Comparative Study on Academic Stress Level of Male and Female B.Ed. Students

The purpose of this study was to find out the level of academic stress among male and female students doing B.Ed. B.Ed students are trainees to become a teacher. They are in transitional phase between a student and a teacher. Like all section of student, B.Ed, students also experience many type of stress. Fear of lower marks, anxiety for job, financial difficulties, adjustment to vast and rigorous curriculum and few of the stress faced by them. B.Ed students are not getting jobs after training. They are mostly under employed at private school on very small salary. Keeping these stresses of B.Ed, students, this study investigates the academic stress experienced by them. A Total of 50 students between 22-35 years of age range of B.Ed section participated in the study. Among them 30 were male students and 20 were female students. Academic stress scale was used to measure the stress level of students. Result revealed that B.Ed Students experience higher level of academic stress. Gender difference was also found to be significant as female students experienced lesser academic stress than male students. Finding and implications have been discussed.