Abstract
Students` academic problem in the achievement of mathematics education prevails persistently in Agarfa secondary schools. Performance in Mathematics by students has been lower in comparative to other science subjects. This study aimed to investigate the factors contributing to the low achievement of Mathematics by students. The study was to determine to what extent students’ factors, parent factors, Mathematics teachers’ factors and school factors and management factors affect students’ Mathematics achievement and to establish the strategies that can be adopted to improve students’ achievement in Mathematics. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out on 221 students, 9 Mathematics teachers’, 5 principals and vice- principals of the school. Respondent students were selected with random probability sampling techniques. Questionnaires’, class observation and document analysis were employed for data collection. Data collected from the respondents were coded and entered in to the computer for analysis using SPSS version-20 for windows. The multiple linear regression result and descriptive statistics were applied for data analysis. Findings reveal that student’ factors, students’ parent factors, Mathematics teachers’ factors, school factors and management factors were the factors that affects students’ achievement in Mathematics. Students’, Mathematics teachers’, school administrators, parents and District Education office expected to benefit from the findings. Therefore, it was suggested that teachers, parents, school administrators, supervisors, communities and other stakeholders should be cooperatively more practical in this area of improvement.
Highlights
In the development of science and technology, mathematics plays a vital role
From Agarfa secondary school record office; 90% of grade 10 students scored at most C on Mathematics performance in their EGSECE 2016-2018
It is an open fact that quite in large number of General Secondary and Preparatory School of Ethiopia, most female studentsperformance in mathematics is poor. This poor performance includes male students. They do not have sufficient and competence that conform to their grade level, especially in Yeshitila Mekuria and Mamo Teketel: Factor Affecting Students Achievement in Mathematics: The Case of Agarfa Secondary School, Ethiopia mathematics and science subject [1]
Summary
In the development of science and technology, mathematics plays a vital role. In daily life and in human activities the knowledge of mathematics was important to understand comprised world. The new education and training policy applied in Ethiopia in recent years addressed a number issue of which the introduction of standardized students was one (MOE, 1994, 2004) Concerning this point, there seems a gap between what ought to be and what exists in reality to bring in the intended outcomes of all class students’ academic achievement that could be because of different factors. It is an open fact that quite in large number of General Secondary and Preparatory School of Ethiopia, most female studentsperformance in mathematics is poor They do not have sufficient and competence that conform to their grade level, especially in Yeshitila Mekuria and Mamo Teketel: Factor Affecting Students Achievement in Mathematics: The Case of Agarfa Secondary School, Ethiopia mathematics and science subject [1]. These factors are related to student, parents, leaderships, teachers, school and peer [4]
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