Factors Affecting The Educational Success Of Evening Students At Higher Education In Stitutions The Case Of Evening Students In College Of Education (aoa.u)

The main purpose of this study was to examine the current status of evening education in Collegernof Education Addis Ababa Un iversity and identifY the majorfactors influencing the educationalrnsuccess of learners in the evening program. Descriptive survey design along with quantitativernand qualitative research method5 were employed for the purpose. Questionnaires and interviewsrnwere used as data gathering instruments. The data were gathered pom a sample of 203 persons.rn175 second and third year evening students, 23 instructors, 1 Assistant Dean and 3 extensionrncoordinators. In analyzing the data, percentage and mean were used The result indicated thatrnextension studel1ls in the faculty 0/ education mostly were adults "'ith job. falllily respunsihilit} ·rnand social commitment. iv/oreover, their motives o/Iearning I!"ere basically cel1lered on theirrneconomic and social status del'eloplllent. (n their allempt to pursue studies. the cI'cning lellrnersrnencountered with different academic problems. According to the finding. shurtage or time tornstudy, scarcity 0/ public transport, and fa ilure of students to allend classes regularly lI'erernidentified as personal problems, while higher responsibilities in an organization, lI 'ork loadsrngiven by bosses during exam I peeks, and organizational duties not compatible with class schedulernI"ere noted as .lob-related problems. The family related fi:/ctors. such as inubilit} · 0/ ti'llllil)'rnmonthly income to cover expenses, the inconveniency 0/ home environl11el1l to SlUe/" alld dornassignment were among the identified problems. The .finding also includes variables such as:rnabsence 0/ appropriate guidance and counseling, shortage of service giving personnel: andrnfailure 0/ instructors to start classes on time as institution related factors that may influence thernclass partiCipation ollearners in the evening program. It is recommended that the unil'CI'sin' lI'it17rnthe cooperation of concerned organizations and the jc/culty members need to rel'ise its slmlegicrnplan towards University COl1linuing and Distance Education Program and lIIake necessOl)'rnimprovement of the extension program based 011 research to at least minimize the aforelllel1liol1edrnproblems of the extension students.

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