Factors influencing the academic performance of the students

Abstract

Education and training is the decisive factor to improve the intellectual potentials and creative capacity of people. Today, more than ever before in human history, the wealth – or poverty – of nations depends on the quality of higher education, but the quality of education is reflected through student learning outcomes. Understanding factors affecting learning outcome could help educators in developing methods to improve education quality. The main mobjective of this study was to determine the factors as well as the degree of influence of these factors on student learning outcomes. Seven factors have been identified affecting the student's academic performance includingintellectual ability, learning preferences (students themselves), motivation of parents (family), facilities, scholarships (schools), peer pressure, social pressure (society). These seven factors affect the study results at different levels
Keywords
Student, learning outcome, factors.
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