Students’ Performance in Higher Education: A Case Study on Eastern University

Abstract

Higher education builds efficient human resources, which advances a nation from all Spheres. However, performance of students is significant as it indicates their ability to lead an organization. The objective of this study is to find out impact of past academic results, demographics and geographic factors on BBA result. Three hundred undergraduate students of faculty of Business Administration in Eastern University have been selected as respondent. Data were reduced in appropriate modeling analysis in SPSS software and stepwise multiple regression method was applied. Results showed that SSC result has positive impact on BBA result and Contribution in BBA result from both SSC and HSC, Contribution in result from HSC to BBA, Contribution in result from SSC to HSC, Students who come from Dhaka, and Gap from HSC to BBA have negative impact on BBA result. This study will help policymakers of universities to improve BBA result precisely.