A study to assess the student’s anxiety level about examination during lock down in selected colleges of pune city

While whole world is facing the outbreak of COVID-19, universities are crucially affected at their core: The students For them, the period is undoubtedly very stressful: classes are moved online, semesters abroad are postponed, examinations and how they are conducted remain uncertain As universities have gone virtual within a matter of days, how have these affected students? For the students the stress and anxiety level is very high due to lock down 1 Due to COVID-19 student’s anxiety level about examination has become very serious issue now days College students are experiencing very serve anxiety level due to the lock down When stress is perceived negatively or becomes excessive, it leads to anxiety before and during examinations and ultimately affects their academic achievement As due to the pandemic situation many classes were conducted online mode of teaching but as the COVID-19situation is not yet under control students anxiety level is increasing day by day about their examination2 The present study was conducted to know the examinations anxiety felt by college students due to lock down The sample consisted of 60 college students drawn using Non Probability convenience sampling method from selected colleges of city studying in Professional Courses (Including first year, Second year, Third year and Fourth year respectively) A questionnaire was developed by the researcher to access examination anxiety among college students The result shows correlation between examination and anxiety of college students due to lock down Design-The present study is a descriptive research The data was collected from the primary sources Results-Non Probability convenience sampling technique used to collect information from 60 participants studying in colleges of Pune city And found that out of 60 participants who participated in the current study the results were 50% students have very severe anxiety level, 20% have severe anxiety, 20% moderate level of anxiety and 5% have Mild anxiety and reaming 5% no anxiety level about their upcoming examinations Conclusion-This study was mainly conducted to assess the students anxiety level about examination during lock down and it is understood that students are suffering with anxiety level © 2020, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications All rights reserved