Academic Pressure

Prepared by: Rudrik Joshi

Topics
1. What is academic pressure?
2. Reasons for academic pressure
3. Academic pressure on parents, teacher and student
4. Why it is bad
5. How to deal with it?
6. Conclusion
What is Academic Pressure???
It is the stress that comes from
schooling and education.

Often a lot of pressure that comes

along with pursuing a degree and one's
education.

Academic stress is especially hard on

college students who are often living
away from home for the first time.
Reasons for Academic Pressure
Parental Expectations

Force to study specific subjects

Fear of Failure

Grades as seen as the most important part of life

Issues with Time management

Cont.
1) Parental Expectations:
This usually happens because educating a child is now considered as
an investment for their better future.

2) Force to study specific subjects:

Parents want their children to work in a profession in which they
have a good chance of succeeding economically but student might be
interested in lower paying jobs which matches its interest.
Cont.
3) Fear of Failure:
Students want to get that ‘A’ and they sacrifice their creativity and
choose the easy way out simply to get a better grade.
They come to prefer easier tasks not because they are lazy, but
because they are rational.

4) Issue with time management:

Many of us fail in the subject of time management and excel at
procrastination.
Academic Pressure on:

1)Parents

factors

Faculty Student
Parents
1) Pressure from neighbours and relatives
2) Financial issue
3) Non listening of children
4) Over expectation and job fear of children
Faculty or Institution
1) Result oriented expectations
2) Student mindset
3) Overload of works other then teaching
4) Job security
Students
1) Procrastination
2) Subject knowledge and interest
3) Family and friend issue
4) Distraction
Grades as seen as most Important part of life.

“Students begin to think of themselves as nothing more

than test score, and they lose sight of the actual
purpose”
Why it is bad????
Academic Pressure makes the student to perceive negative
thoughts about the education and their life.

Most students who can not handle academic pressure commits

suicide.
 Academic Pressure leads to…
High stress
Cheating
Destructive Behaviour
Obsession with Grades
Health issues
How to deal with it??
1) Manage your time
2) Set your goal
3) Stay balanced during exam time
4) Surround your self with supportive people
5) Stop comparing your self with others
Conclusion
It’s a triangular relationship.
One should understand others Student
and elders should express their
real intension of growing up
the student. It will help in
reducing pressure.

Teacher Parent