Anxiety is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over something unlikely to happen. Exam anxiety is the feeling of nervousness and distress experience before or during the exam. When it gets out of control, can lead to problems.
Therefore, to make students aware about the concepts of Exam Anxiety, one session of the workshop on “Smart Ways to Deal with Exam Anxiety” was held on Sunday, March 19, 2017 from 07:00pm-08:30pm at BRAC University Residential Campus. The main objective of the workshop was to create awareness among students to manage their exam anxiety constructively. Two members of the Counseling Unit, Ms. Monzia Mushtaq and Mr.Saifur Rahman conducted the session with sixteen students. In the session counselors discussed about the scientific definition of Anxiety and Stress, when it is healthy and when it is unhealthy, causes of exam anxiety, unhealthy ways of deal with exam anxiety and how to manage exam anxiety before, during and after the exam. During the session various methods such as individual, group activities, imagination exercise, think-pair-share were used to make the session interactive and participatory. At the end of the session, a meditation was conducted to help the students to feel calmer and relaxed within their mind and body. Students who participated in the workshop were highly satisfied with the content delivered.