A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS LEVEL OF ACADEMIC STRESS AND IT'S ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING COACHING INSTITUTE, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

Background; In the Indian system of education, obtaining good marks are more important than acquiring knowledge. This leads to overburdening the students with academic workload causing a lot of academic stress among Indian adolescents. To assess level of academic stress and it's associat Objective: ed factors among school going adolescents attending coaching institute. Observational cross-sectional study was Material and Methods: conducted using ASS questionnaire among class 9th to 12th adolescents of randomly selected co-ed coaching institute, Jaipur from January 2023 to March 2023. Out of 120 study participants 46% were females. 8 Results: 4% students had academic stress, 33% had mild, 37.5% had moderate and 13.5% had severe academic stress. Our stud Conclusion: y found that half of students have moderate to severe academic stress which is alarming concern.