Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Mauritius
This paper analyses the contextualised determinants affecting the academic achievement of secondary school students in Mauritius. A mixed methodology was used to understand the effect of the determinants on students’ achievement considering the academic progression of learners from one point (CPE: E...
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| description | This paper analyses the contextualised determinants affecting the academic achievement of secondary school students in Mauritius. A mixed methodology was used to understand the effect of the determinants on students’ achievement considering the academic progression of learners from one point (CPE: Examination marking the end of primary schooling) to another (NG9A: Checkpoint assessment after three years of secondary schooling). The first phase had a non-positivist epistemological stand using the qualitative method of ‘focus group discussion’ to identify the determinants and then validate the TIMSS questionnaire. The second phase had a post-positivist epistemological stand where an amended version of the standardised international questionnaire TIMSS was administered to collect data from a sample of 600 students. The primary data were analysed to produce a Linear Multiple Regression Model. The findings reveal that 90.1% achievement can be explained by the variables of school leadership, student, socio-economic factor, and teacher (R square = 0.9.1; p < 0.05). The model shows that school leadership has a higher positive correlation on (?=0.419) students’ achievement followed by student factor (?= 0.227), tuition teacher (?= 0.154), school teacher (?= 0.117) and socioeconomic status (?= 0.048). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e763c9924644b8e898fbb8b637945952022-12-21T18:23:05ZengKathmandu UniversityJournal of Education and Research2091-01182091-25602019-03-01917090181Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in MauritiusShakeel Mohammad Cassam Atchia0Vinayagum Chinapah1Mauritius Institute of Education, Réduit, MauritiusInternational and Comparative Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenThis paper analyses the contextualised determinants affecting the academic achievement of secondary school students in Mauritius. A mixed methodology was used to understand the effect of the determinants on students’ achievement considering the academic progression of learners from one point (CPE: Examination marking the end of primary schooling) to another (NG9A: Checkpoint assessment after three years of secondary schooling). The first phase had a non-positivist epistemological stand using the qualitative method of ‘focus group discussion’ to identify the determinants and then validate the TIMSS questionnaire. The second phase had a post-positivist epistemological stand where an amended version of the standardised international questionnaire TIMSS was administered to collect data from a sample of 600 students. The primary data were analysed to produce a Linear Multiple Regression Model. The findings reveal that 90.1% achievement can be explained by the variables of school leadership, student, socio-economic factor, and teacher (R square = 0.9.1; p < 0.05). The model shows that school leadership has a higher positive correlation on (?=0.419) students’ achievement followed by student factor (?= 0.227), tuition teacher (?= 0.154), school teacher (?= 0.117) and socioeconomic status (?= 0.048).http://kusoed.edu.np/journal/index.php/je/article/view/320multiple linear regression modelvalue-addedacademic achievementdeterminantstimss |
| spellingShingle | Shakeel Mohammad Cassam Atchia Vinayagum Chinapah Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Mauritius Journal of Education and Research multiple linear regression model value-added academic achievement determinants timss |
| title | Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Mauritius |
| title_full | Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Mauritius |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Mauritius |
| title_short | Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Mauritius |
| title_sort | factors affecting academic achievement of secondary school students in mauritius |
| topic | multiple linear regression model value-added academic achievement determinants timss |
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