Factors of Academic Performance in the Perception of Participants in Education: Secondary Schools in the Republic of Mali

• Main Authors: Ichaka Camara, Ibrahima Traore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology 2020-12-01
• Series: Интеракция. Интервью. Интерпретация
• Subjects: academic success; performance; student; secondary school; incomplete secondary education; effect of the school; effect of the class room; effect of the teacher; individual abilities
• Online Access: https://www.inter-fnisc.ru/index.php/inter/article/view/5914/5739

<p>The aim of thy article is to share a part of the results of our research dealing with the analyzing of the factors of academic performance of pupils in two types of secondary school: public (Torokorobougou B, commune VI, Bamako) and communal (Katiorni of Kadiolo, Sikasso region). We have asked to ourselves the following questions: what are the factors of the academic performance of the pupils of this schools in the eyes of educational staff? In order to answer these questions we analyzed their attitudes towards the role of external and internal facts in academic pupil success. As a result we descripted the role of some objective (type of school, class and type of teacher) and subjective factors (pupil’s attitude to school and self-esteem) in academic success. Interviews were used in the study. The sample consists of 444 people, including 112 secondary school teachers, 56 administrators (school directors and education advisors) and 276 pupils.</p>