Developing a Framework for Determining Student Excellence and Recommending a Field of Study

Abstract

A recommendation system is a software tool that helps in decision making. A recommendation system can save time and effort for users and can guide them in the proper direction to make the right decision. Most students in developing and underdeveloped countries choose their field of study blindly, without considering their skillfulness. The selection of their subjects is often influenced their parents, friends or different socio-economic factors. This creates a huge problem for the students during their academic studies, and in many cases, they cannot do well in their chosen field. Considering this fact, in this paper, we provide a framework for identifying student excellence and for recommending the most suitable field of study for them. We perform different experiments to show the effectiveness of our system. From the experimental results, we found that our system can guide students in efficiently selecting their field of study.