Academic Performance In Adolescent Students

Academic Performance
Academic performance can be viewed as ability to study and remember facts and to be able to express such knowledge gained either verbally or in writing. It is a key criterion to judge ones total potentialities and capabilities which are frequently measured by examination results and used to pass judgment on quality of education by academic institutions.
In the present world, the challenges faced by students are enormous. As students they face intense competition, resulting in immense pressure for performing well in their studies. A recent study shows that a systematic process for endorsing students’ social and emotional development is the common element among schools that details an increase in academic achievements, improved

Thus, those who are going through this period of life require special attention from the family, community and the society as a whole.
Adolescents should be considered as a special group in developmental, educational and health programmes. Regular screening programmes should be instituted in target areas like schools and colleges, where a large number of adolescents get together. Their problems should be recognized early and solutions should be provided accordingly. For a society which is in transition, like ours, the rising trend of the psychiatric morbidity in adolescent girls, who will be mothers in future, is alarming and therefore, immediate positive measures should be taken at appropriate

Therefore introducing School-based health centers (SBHCs) can provide physical and mental health services on school campuses to improve student health status, and thereby potentially facilitate student academic success. Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) is also an important initiative that aims to empower young people with accurate, age appropriate and culturally relevant information, promote healthy attitudes and develop skills to enable them to respond to real life situations in positive and responsible ways. Interventions delivered in school based settings were found to have positive impacts on social skills among young students. Furthermore interventions that that incorporated peer –teaching, group discussion, or role modeling, as well as teacher- led instructions were effective, Tawana Bandy, et.al (2011). Nonetheless, expansion, replication and further research on intervention programs to promote social skills among children and adolescents are needed. This seems especially important given the high levels of issues and problem behavior in schools and communities across the country. More research will aid policymakers, educators, health professionals and practitioners in their efforts to foster healthy social development among all young