Usually, as school opens, the excitement that springs from reunion of students is almost met with the same quantum of home-sickness that hover over the learners’ belonging and feeling.

Examination anxiety is a combination of perceived psychological arousal, feeling of worry, fear and tension that occurs during time of test. It is a terrible feeling of sickness and most students call it examination fever. In this situation students experience extreme stress and discomfort during and before taking a test.

Test anxiety is very common among students in the whole world. These responses of stress can drastically hinder an individual’s ability to perform well in class and may also bring negative effects in one’s social, emotional and behavioural development. Students also tend to develop negative attitudes about themselves and school.

How do you know you have developed anxiety?

You may have negative thoughts about failing or not performing well. This will prevent you from thinking clearly.

Worrying too much will interfere with your concentration. You will always be destructed and have trouble with remembering what you may have revised.

When you find yourself worried about other people scoring higher than you and think that you are not competent enough, you lose your self esteem which makes you unable to think and act effectively about the task ahead of you.

The above symptoms will cause you physical reactions like headache, stomachache, nausea, sweating, rapid breathing, and this actually becomes a kind of illness that disrupts your performance.

Examination anxiety can also be caused by pressure from other people, past experience and fear of failure. A student who has always led others in tests can easily develop pressure and become anxious.

The urge to achieve a perfect score in order to be accepted and loved by parents may also cause anxiety.

Education anxiety can be dealt with. Students are advised to try and be familiar with tips that can help them eliminate symptoms of anxiety before taking a test.