Test anxiety among school students in relation to their procrastination and academic self-concept

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INTRODUCTION Examinations are considered as one of the challenges faced by students¿ community. Pressure exerted among students is encouraged in India as it is a society largely understood to be striving for educational qualifications. India has one of the largest educational administrations in the world and all the education institutions follow 10+2+3 system. i.e., Ten years of secondary schooling, two years of junior college or higher secondary and three years of graduation. To qualify secondary and higher secondary education, students are supposed to appear for a high-stakes testing called public examinations. Indian educational policy follows examination based classification of students so as to populate its human resources for various careers. Hence, the entire education system can be renamed as examination system since exam scores are the only parameters of measuring educational attainment of students. Generally, public examinations act as a deciding factor in the admission process of higher education. Reputed educational institutions in the country assign special weightage to the public exam scores for the intake of students and hence, these examinations are perceived vital by parents and society at large. Performance in public examinations is considered to be more important by the students, parents and teachers, since it decides the