Factors Effects on Students' Results: A Study on Char Areas in Faridpur District in Bangladesh

Authors

Md. Quamrul Ahsan Talukder, PAA

Deputy Secretary, Statistics and Informatics Division, Ministry of Planning, (Dhaka)

Bijoy Kumar Mondal

PhD candidates, Sociology discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University (Khulna)

Article Information

DOI: 10.47772/IJRISS.2025.910000828

Subject Category: Social science

Volume/Issue: 9/10 | Page No: 10181-10192

Publication Timeline

Submitted: 2025-11-10

Accepted: 2025-11-20

Published: 2025-11-25

Abstract

The study aims to identify the factors that affect primary-level student results and the factors that affect secondary-level student results. For this study responses were collected randomly from 501 primary level students and 165 secondary level students by adminstraating two interview schedules. In this study, IBM SPSS statistics were used for the chi-square test. The study revealed that at the primary level age of the student, gender of the student, presence in a month, illness in a month, father’s occupation, number of family members, number of siblings, opportunity to use internet, use of mobile phone, read a textbook in a day (time), distance from home to school, way to go to home to school, got book early in the year, go to school with school dress, methods of teachers take class were the important factors that effect on students result. And in the secondary level the study found, student present in a month, illness in a month and got book early in the year were the important factors that affect student results. Further, necessary suggestions were given to improve education in char area of Faridpur district.

Keywords

Last exam result, Factors, primary level

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