Analysis of the effect of elementary schools and high schools score on the academic performance of the student of Debre Birhan University, Ethiopia
Author (s)
Worku Girma Shibiru
Abstract
Education gives us knowledge of the world around us and knowledge is most important asset for the economic and social development of a country. The students’ academic performance plays a vital role in creating the finest quality alumnae who will become leader and manpower of a particular country, consequently responsible for the country’s social and economic development, but now a day students’ academic performance face many problems. This study assesses the effect of elementary and high schools academic performance of student on their University result in Debre Birhan University. Statistical method which used for this study is Ordinal logistic regression. 365 students from different fields were studied. The result reveal that ministry result, grade 10 total score, grade 10 English score, field, mission, monthly income, place of residence had significant effect on academic performance of student, but factor such as sex, age1, age2, grade 12 total score, Grade 12 English score, Grade 12 mathematics score, Grade10 mathematics score, Grade 8 English score, Grade 8 mathematics score were not significant. The study recommends enhancing quality of education at elementary level and high school level is very important, and empowers students and teacher to increase the skill of English language at each level.
Key words: Academic performance, score ,ordinal logistic regression, Ethiopia.
| Title: | Analysis of the effect of elementary schools and high schools score on the academic performance of the student of Debre Birhan University, Ethiopia. |
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| Author: |
Worku Girma Shibiru |
| Journal Name: | International Journal of Science and Business |
| Website: | ijsab.com |
| ISSN: | ISSN 2520-4750 (Online), ISSN 2521-3040 (Print) |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3640189 |
| Media: | Online |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Acceptance Date: | 02/02/2020 |
| Date of Publication: | 05/02/2020 |
| PDF URL: | https://ijsab.com/wp-content/uploads/494.pdf |
| Free download: | Available |
| Page: | 290-302 |
| First Page: | 290 |
| Last Page: | 302 |
| Paper Type: | Research Paper |
| Current Status: | Published |
Cite This Article:
Worku Girma Shibiru (2020). Analysis of the effect of elementary schools and high schools score on the academic performance of the student of Debre Birhan University, Ethiopia. International Journal of Science and Business, 4(2), 290-302. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3640189
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About Author (s)
Worku Girma Shibiru, Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Statistics, College of Natural and computational Sciences, Debre Birhan University, Ethiopia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3640189