Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance

ARIADURAI, S. Anbahan; MANOHANTHAN, Rajalingam

Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance

S. Anbahan ARIADURAI, (Department, of Textile and Apparel Techno, The Open Univercity of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nuggeoda, Sri Lanka)

Rajalingam MANOHANTHAN (Department, of Mathematic and Philosophy of Enginering, The Open Univercity of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nuggeoda, Sri Lanka)

The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

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Yıl: 2009 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 171 - 181 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance

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Faculty of Engineering Technology of the Open University of Sri Lanka has been offering engineering programmes at a distance for the last two decades or so. However, completion rates in Faculty of Engineering Technology are lower compared to the other faculties of the University. This paper investigates the reasons for low completion rates in the faculty and suggests ways and means to overcome this problem. The study concludes that increasing student numbers will not necessarily increase percentage of students completing the programme though the number of students completing is increased. It is found that students offering courses for the first time in the system of distance education in their academic career perform poorer because they are not conversant with distance education techniques. It is recommended that the Faculty must offer an orientation programme on distance education to all the students enrolling for the first time, before they commence their regular programmes. Further, it has been found that considerable percentage of students who obtain eligibility to sit the final examination by completing the continuous assessments do not sit the final examination. This has been found to contribute towards non-completion of programmes as students sitting the final examination in the subsequent years perform poorly in their exams. To overcome this problem, it is recommended that current practise of allowing the student to carry forward their eligibility to unlimited period of time must be disbanded.

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Konular: Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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APA	ARIADURAI S, MANOHANTHAN R (2009). Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. , 171 - 181.
Chicago	ARIADURAI S. Anbahan,MANOHANTHAN Rajalingam Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. (2009): 171 - 181.
MLA	ARIADURAI S. Anbahan,MANOHANTHAN Rajalingam Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. , 2009, ss.171 - 181.
AMA	ARIADURAI S,MANOHANTHAN R Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. . 2009; 171 - 181.
Vancouver	ARIADURAI S,MANOHANTHAN R Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. . 2009; 171 - 181.
IEEE	ARIADURAI S,MANOHANTHAN R "Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance." , ss.171 - 181, 2009.
ISNAD	ARIADURAI, S. Anbahan - MANOHANTHAN, Rajalingam. "Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance". (2009), 171-181.

APA	ARIADURAI S, MANOHANTHAN R (2009). Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 10(1), 171 - 181.
Chicago	ARIADURAI S. Anbahan,MANOHANTHAN Rajalingam Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 10, no.1 (2009): 171 - 181.
MLA	ARIADURAI S. Anbahan,MANOHANTHAN Rajalingam Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, vol.10, no.1, 2009, ss.171 - 181.
AMA	ARIADURAI S,MANOHANTHAN R Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. 2009; 10(1): 171 - 181.
Vancouver	ARIADURAI S,MANOHANTHAN R Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. 2009; 10(1): 171 - 181.
IEEE	ARIADURAI S,MANOHANTHAN R "Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance." The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 10, ss.171 - 181, 2009.
ISNAD	ARIADURAI, S. Anbahan - MANOHANTHAN, Rajalingam. "Reasons for student discontinuation in enginering degre courses offered at a distance". The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 10/1 (2009), 171-181.