Academic Stress Mean Interpretation Categorical Overa

Indicators Rank ll
Rank

Enrolment and Admission-related

1. Signing of 1.83 Mildly 3 57
clearances Stressful
2. Settling of unpaid 2.17 Mildly 2 44
accounts Stressful
3. Securing of 1.83 Mildly 3 57
examination Stressful
permits
4. Following of 1.83 Mildly 3 57
enrolment Stressful
procedures
5. Changing/ adding 2.33 Mildly 1 35
of subjects Stressful
Subject-related
6. Passing written 2.00 Mildly 8 51.5
examinations Stressful
7. Passing oral 2.71 Moderately 3 23
examinations Stressful
8. Participating in 2.17 Mildly 6 44
classroom Stressful
discussions
9. Completing seat 1.67 Not Stressful 10 61
works
10. Searching for 1.83 Mildly 9 57
reference Stressful
materials
11. Completing 2.67 Moderately 4 23
assignments stressful
 12. Submitting 2.50 Mildly 7 29
requirements Stressful
13. Beating 3.00 Moderately 2 12.5
requirements Stressful
deadlines
14. Completing 2.33 Mildly 5 35
requirements Stressful
15. Passing 3.00 Moderately 2 12.5
unannounced Stressful
examinations
16. Dealing with 3.33 Uncertain 1 3.5
unannounced graded
recitations
17. Understanding 2.00 Disagree 8 51.5
classroom
discussions
18. Preparing for 2.33 Mildly 5 35
an examination Stressful
19. Passing a 2.50 Mildly 7 29
removal Stressful
examination
20. Passing 2.50 Mildly 7 29
practical Stressful
examination
21. Writing of 1.83 Mildly 9 57
assignments Stressful
22. Conducting 2.17 Mildly 6 44
laboratory Stressful
experiments
23. Participating 2.17 Mildly 6 44
in extension Stressful
activities
Teacher-related
 24. Dealing with 2.71 Moderately 2 23
strict teachers Stressful
25. Coping with 2.71 Moderately 2 23
teachers’ teaching Winter
methodologies’
26. Adjusting 3.17 Moderately 1 7
with teachers’ Stressed
unfair treatment
of students
Classmate-related
27. Arguing with 1.83 Mildly 2 57
classmates Stressful
28. Disliking 1.50 Not Stressful 3 62.5
classmates
29. Bullying by 1.83 Mildly 2 57
classmates Stressful
30. Conducting 3.00 Moderately 1 12.5
activities with Stressful
classmates
Schedule-related
31. Attending classes 2.33 Mildly 3 35
Stressful
32. Attending make-up 3.00 Moderately 1 12.5
classes Stressful
33. Making sense 1.50 Not stressful 7 62.5
of too many vacant
periods
34. Managing too 2.00 Mildly 6 51.5
little vacant Stressful
periods
35. Moving from 2.71 Moderately 2 23
one classroom to stressful
the other
 36. Moving from 2.50 Mildly 5 29
one building to the Stressful
other
37. Commuting to 3.00 Moderately 2 12.5
and from the school stressed
38. Participating 2.17 Mildly 4 44
in extra- Stressful
curricular
activities
39. Attending 2.33 Mildly 3 35
meetings of Stressful
student
organizations
40. Attending 2.17 Mildly 4 44
school programs Stressful
Classroom-related
41. Bearing with 3.00 Moderately 3 12.5
overcrowded Stressful
classrooms
42. Bearing with 3.33 Moderately 1 3.5
classrooms that Stressful
have poor or no
ventilation
43. Bearing with 2.83 Moderately 4 18
classrooms that Stressed
have poor or no
lighting
44. Bearing with 3.33 Moderately 1 3.5
dirty classrooms Stressful
45. Bearing with 3.00 Moderately 3 12.5
noisy classrooms Stressful
46. Looking for 2.17 Mildly 5 44
available Stressful
classrooms
 47. Bearing with 3.17 Moderately 2 7
fowl-smelling Stressful
classrooms
48. Waiting for 2.17 Mildly 5 44
classrooms to be Stressful
vacated
49. Bearing with 2.83 Moderately 4 18
classrooms with Stressful
limited seats
50. Bearing with 3.17 Moderately 2 7
distractions in Stressful
or outside the
classrooms
Financial-related
51. Budgeting of 2.17 Mildly 2 44
allowance Stressful
52. Dealing with 2.17 Mildly 2 44
unexpected Stressful
expenses
53. Saving money 2.71 Moderately 1 23
for projects Stressful
Expectation-related
54. Thinking 3.00 Moderately 3 12.5
about college Stressful
55. Handling 2.83 Moderately 4 18
expectations of Stressed
parents
56. Handling 2.17 Mildly 7 44
expectations of Stressful
relatives
57. Handling 2.33 Mildly 6 35
expectations of Stressful
siblings
 58. Handling 2.00 Mildly 9 51.5
expectations of Stressful
friends
59. Worrying 3.50 Moderately 2 1
about the future Stressful
60. Handling 2.50 Moderately 8 29
expectations of Stressful
teachers
61. Handling 2.71 Moderately 5 23
expectations of Stressful
benefactors
62. Handling 2.33 Mildly 6 35
expectations of Stressful
people in the
community
63. Handling 3.33 Severely 1 3.5
self-expectations Stressful

The table above are the factors affecting the Academic Stress

of Grade 11 students under the strand of Technical Vocational

Learning. The data above that was gathered by the researchers will

the basis for getting the top 10 factors affecting their academic

strand which runs from Academic and Admission Related to

Expectation Related category and the following are: (1) Worrying

about the future (2) Handling self-expectations; Dealing with

unannounced graded recitations; Bearing with dirty classrooms and;

Bearing with classrooms that have poor or no ventilation

(3) Bearing with fowl-smelling classrooms; Bearing with distractions

in or outside the classrooms and; Adjusting with teachers’ unfair

treatment of students (4) Beating requirements deadlines; Passing

unannounced examinations; Conducting activities with classmates;

Attending make-up classes; Commuting to and from the school; Bearing

with overcrowded classrooms; Bearing with noisy classrooms and; Thinking

about college (5) Bearing with classrooms that have poor or no lighting;

Handling expectations of relatives and; Bearing with classrooms with

limited seats (6) Passing oral examinations (7) Bearing with noisy

classrooms and; Handling expectations of parents (8) Passing oral

examinations; Handling expectations of benefactors; Saving money for

projects; Moving from one classroom to the other; Coping with teachers’

teaching methodologies and; Completing assignments (9) Passing a

removal examination; Passing practical examination; Submitting

requirements; Handling expectations of teachers and; Moving from one

building to the other (10) Handling expectations of people in the

community; Handling expectations of siblings; Attending meetings of

student organizations; Attending classes; Preparing for an examination;

Completing requirements and; Changing/ adding of subjects.