EXPLORING THE REASONS OF ACADEMIC PROBATION AMONG PRIVATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN BANGLADESH

Md Solaiman Jony

doi:10.46827/ejes.v9i2.4177

Abstract

A significant number of private university students are placed on academic probation, especially in their first year and many of them hardly succeed in their future academic careers. Students on academic probation are more probable to face numerous academic difficulties, are unfortunately more likely to drop out of the university. Therefore, it is imperative to identify the students who end up on academic probation and the reasons of academic probation. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the reasons of academic probation among the students at a private university in Bangladesh. A semi-structured questionnaire was designed to categorize different reasons of academic probation like various academic concerns, personal concerns, study practices, preferences in learning techniques and learning materials etc. In the study, responses from a total number of 344 probation students from different semesters were collected. The results of this study revealed poor study habits and lack of seriousness in studies; weak writing and presentation skills; difficulty in understanding the English language; previous weak academic background; difficulty with test/ exam taking; wrong course or study subject selection; poor interaction with teachers; unfamiliar with grading system; irregular in class attendance and lack of academic goal setting; health problems; family problem; residential issues, too much involvement with unimportant and unnecessary activities, lack of self-motivation are the identified accusable reasons by the probation students. The findings may help the university authority to design and administer the required academic and non-academic support programs for the probation students to retain the number of dropout students. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0917/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

Highlights

Stimulated by the earlier research findings of the reasons for students’ academic probation, this study focused to investigate the reasons of academic probation identified by undergraduate students in private universities in Bangladesh
On the basis of the responses from the students, the factors causing academic probation are divided into two main categories and are discussed below: 4.1 Academic concerns The reasons causing academic probation related to academic concerns are: 4.1.1 Poor study habits and lack of seriousness in studies It is evident by research findings that students with poor study habits find it difficult to perform well at the university
The results of the study may provide a significant awareness of the reasons of academic probation among private university undergraduate students

Summary

Introduction

According to Santa and Scranton (2001), factors that contributed to the academic difficulty for a university student are academic subject, institutional atmosphere, faculty interaction, peer influence, career choice, study habits, self-efficacy and self-inspiration. These factors differ from one to another as the characteristics of the individual student are different and in order to provide the appropriate type of support and assistance to each individual proper identification is required. Olson (1990) argued that students may have high self-efficacy to support their academic accomplishments or oppositely may have low self-efficacy which can be harmful to their success. According to Kelley (1996), in choice making the students must make the final decisions the advisors or faculty member can guide the student to identify strategies and resources

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