DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i08.004

Pages: 1503-1507

College life, being one of the most enriching and wonderful days of life can get dented by depression, anxiety and stress. Students are probable to experience stressors which may test their ability to cope: adapting to a new environment, balancing a heavy workload, making new friends, becoming more independent, and dealing with myriad of other issues. These can at times lead to detrimental consequences on the individual’s health. The present study examines the sources and effects of stress on the students due to campus education system. Out of the 500 respondents 80.2 % of the people were found to be stressed due to campus education. Various factors caused stress among students, huge syllabus and reservation based admission to be at the top of the list. The various ways of managing stress and the effect on a person’s health was also studied. It was concluded that measures like providing more practical knowledge to the students, removing the caste system based admission and mandatory council are some of the ways which the education committee must implement in order to reduce stress.