A STUDY ON CREATIVITY AMONG TRIBAL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC ANXIETY

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to know the relationship of creativity with academic anxiety and find out whether tribal students with high and low academic anxiety differ in their creativity. For the analysis of data t-ratio were computed to compare the means of elaboration, originality and total creativity scores of tribal students having high and low academic anxiety. Tribal students with low academic anxiety exhibit more elaboration and originality than the students with high academic anxiety. Tribal students with high academic anxiety have less originality ability than the tribal students with low academic anxiety. Students with low academic anxiety have more total creativity than the tribal students with high academic anxiety. The process of enhancing a person's abilities and potentials in order to get them ready for society is called education. According to this viewpoint, education is a process of wholeperson development that aims to instill the information, skills, and attitudes that enable people to effectively interact with their environment. But, in today's fiercely competitive world, performance quality has emerged as the most important determinant of individual and societal advancement. Parents want and pressure their children to perform at the best level possible since the world measures students according to academic standards. Few questions have been brought up by the significant focus placed on academic accomplishment by educational scholars. What elements help pupils succeed? How much do these things affect academic success? Academic success is influenced by a number of variables, including socioeconomic status, motivation, IQ, study habits, and attitudes of students towards education.