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The aim of the study was to find out the effect mindfulness therapy on college students who are worrying with low achievement motivation and high anxiety. In this study, in initial stage selected 200 students (100 boys and 100 girls) as sample for the screening test, and second stage for intervention purpose selected 60 students based on the test results score. This included 30 boys and 30 girls from private college who were study in arts and science subjects in graduation. The adolescents groups were belonged the age 18 to 21. For the data collection the Westside Test Anxiety Scale, developed by Richard Driscoll, (2004) and Achievement Motivation Test developed by Dr. V.P.Bharghava (1994), were used. For intervention purpose Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy, by Joan Kabat- Zinn (1995) was applied. Descriptive statistics like mean standard deviation, Karl Pearson Correlation Coefficient, student t test, one-way anova was used. The study can be concluded that there is no significant difference between boys and girls in their test anxiety and achievement motivation. The results revealed that there test anxiety in students based on the stream of subjects which they are studying. Student s achievement motivation is not effected based on their stream of subjects. Due to the effect of mindfulness stress reduction programme reduced students test anxiety and increased the level of achievement motivation, the students who were included in the experimental group