Factors Affecting the Academic Performance of Female Students at Higher Education in Ethiopia

Abstract

Education is one of the social factors whereby gender disparity is reflected The number and proportion of educated females is very low As the grade level of education increases the number of female students starts to decline Consequently higher education remains the level of learning where females are in a less academic performance when compared to males Problems female students encountered constitute personal university related factors academic factors previous academic background and economic factors The off-campus factors that affect female students academic performance include family background traditional Music Houses and economic problems and others In short the majority of problems female students encounter and those factors that affect female students academic performance are personal and the other problems are caused by the university environment Therefore I argued that despite the number of female students who attend higher education has been increased but the challenges that faced after entrance is very little investigated Thus the main purpose of this paper is to investigate the on-campus and off-campus factors that affect female students academic performance negatively in higher education in Ethiopia especially for undergraduate program For the purpose of the paper I used different sources such as interview with female students of Addis Ababa University and other literatures Finally suggested solutions my own reflection and conclusion are included