Participation And Performance Of Female Students In Engineering Fields The Case Of Arba Minch University (amu)

The purpose of this study was to examine the participation (enrollment) andrnperformance (achievement) of female students in engineering fields of Arba MinchrnUniversity (AMU).rnTo achieve this objective, 125 engineering female students, 98 instructors, departmentrnheads, faculty deans, president, vice presidents, and women representative of thernuniversity were involved as research participants. The required data was secured usingrndifferent research instruments such as; document analysis, guided interviews, focusrngroup discussions and questionnaires. Accordingly; different methods of data. analysesrnlike: statistical approach, including percentage, for quantitative data and narrativernt approach for qualitative data were used.rnFindings regarding female participation (enrollment) revealed encouraging trends.rnThe university under study is found to lack important teaching-learning facilities, likernlibrary, reading room, clinic, textbooks and reference materials. Oespite these problemsrnfemale students do· better achievement pattern than their male counterparts.rnRegarding drop out in the university education system, female students are high droprnout than their male counterparts. Environmental problem and health problem arernindicated as the major reason that lead females students to drop out the university.rnRegarding gender based factors, results indicate that cultural stereotyped subject orrnfield perception and psychological barriers choose the field appear to be major factorsrnthat hinder females to participate in the engineering fields. Accordingly, familyrnencouragement and good family educational background are also found to be the otherrnmajor reason why few female students are choosing this field. It was further identifiedrnthat, institutional effort to sensitize the campus climate and effort to support academicrnproblems were for to be totally poor.rnTo increase females participation in engineering fields in terms of intervention strategiesrninclude: providing academic support service, like tutorials, textbooks, reference books,rnand Drranging or providing guidance and counseling service (academic or personal),rnpromoting gender sensitalizaiton program in the form of seminar, conference, workshop,rnto improve the attitude and perception towards engineering fields. In order to alleviate orrnminimize the environmental and health problem within the university, providernrecreational facilities and campus health care sufficiently

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