Causes of High Attrition among Physics PPC Students of Dilla University
Abstract
The summary of the data collected from questionnaire as well as the analysis of the documentary evidence indicated that Preparatory Programme Combined (PPC) students have very poor academic background. The analysis of this study showed that almost all PPC students were assigned to physics department without their preference, i.e. with their third or fourth choice. These students, most of whom were female, were dismissed from the college. The correlation coefficient between the preparatory result of students and their first year cumulative grade point average was (CGPA) calculated to be 0.90. This shows that there is a high degree of relationship between the two results.
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2006-06-01
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