Department of Public Administration and Development Management, University of Injibara, Injibara, Ethiopia
Research Article
Investigating the determinants of students drop out at Injibara University: The way to retain students
Author(s): Eshetu Mebratie* and Tesfaye Nigussie
The purpose of this study is to determine the reasons for students' dropout at Injibara
University using tuition fees, geographic location, job, quality of education, and war as
independent variables and students' dropout as a dependent variable.
Methodologically, the researchers used a five-Point Likert-scale questionnaire to
collect primary data from the entire sample of 366 students. The data was analysed
with the Logit model. After the analysis, it was concluded that Tuition fees, geographic
location, job, assessment techniques, lack of personalized attention for students, and
war were shown to be the most significant predictors of weekend students dropping
out of university. Finally, the researchers recommends that opening continuing and
distance education offices (in addition to the main campus) in selected three areas
where students can attend thei.. Read More»