THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENTS PERFormance

Indexed and Abstracted

African Journal of Education and Technology
Volume 1 Number 2 (2011), pp. 45- 51

ISSN 2045-8460 (Online)
ISSN 2045-8452 (Print)

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THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF
ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR, PAKISTAN
Muhammad DANIYAL1; Tahir NAWAZ1; Muhammad ALEEM1; Ali HASSAN2
1

Lecturer, Department of Statistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
2
Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

ABSTRACT
The performance of the students in academics is not only influenced by their own characteristics gifted by the nature but also various factors are involved in these achievements. For the economic and social development of the society, it is necessary to provide our children with the quality education. In recent years, most of the efforts have been made to search out the factors that can affect the student performance (academic). The purpose of this study is to examine and explore those factors that can affect the student academic performance at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. To obtain the information from students, questionnaires were distributed among them. In this regard, different factors were highlighted. Most important factors were income factor, mother and father education, family size, regularity of teachers, interest created by the teachers in the subject and interest of the students in the co-curricular activities. The Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to highlight the important factors. The analysis was conducted with the help of the statistical package for social Sciences (SPSS).
Keywords: student’s performance, co-curricular activities, parental education, CGPA

1. INTRODUCTION
There are a large number of universities in Pakistan both private and public that are being run under the guidance of Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC). Today, there are total 60 universities both private and public and the Islamia university of

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