The Factors Influence Students Cumulative Grade Point Average (Cgpa

RESEARCH METHOD

(QNTB 313)

PREPARED FOR:

DR. MOHD NOOR BIN MAMAT

PREPARED BY:

RAVI BATHUMALAI BF 086706

PAVENTHAN VADAVALU BF 087133

JOHNANAN ANTONY BF 086691

HASZARAHAF BIN A. AZEZ BF 086558

TITLE: THE FACTORS INFLUENCE STUDENTS CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA)

1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH

Students are main assets of Universities. The students performance which academic achievement plays an important role in producing the best quality graduates who will become great leader and manpower for the country, thus responsible for the country’s economic and social development. The performance of students in Universities should be a concern not only to the administrators and educators, but also to corporations in the labor market. Academic achievement is one of the main factors considered by the employer in recruiting workers especially fresh graduate. Thus, students have to place the greatest effort in their study to obtain good grade in order to fulfill the employer’s demand. Student’s academic achievement is measured by the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).

A Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is a calculation of the average of all of a student's grades for all semesters and courses completed up to a given academic term, whereas the Grade Point Average (GPA) may only refer to one term. In Malaysia higher education institutions usually apply the U.S. American grading system which converted as grade point from (0.00 to 4.00). Many factor could act as barrier and aids to students achieving the high CGPA that reflect their overall academic performance. Our research only focuses students CGPA at University Tenaga Nasional. The CGPA will determine student’s future success. Our objective to do this research is to investigate some factors that influence students CGPA such as gender, financial status, education level of parents and study time.

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