Comparative and Analysis of Students Academic Performance in Oman Higher Education: Sultan Qaboos University Case Study

Abdelzahir  Abdelmaboud; Khalood  Salim Ba Hashwan

doi:10.48161/qaj.v6n1a2195

Authors

Abdelzahir Abdelmaboud Humanities Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 123, Oman. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9939-7690
Khalood Salim Ba Hashwan Humanities Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 123, Oman. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7474-9100

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48161/qaj.v6n1a2195

Keywords:

academic performance, education, Oman, Sultan Qaboos University.

Abstract

Achievement and performance are important indicators that play significant roles in institutions of higher learning. To study the factors that influence performance, samples consisting of 400 students selected from the Sultan Qaboos University's Education, Engineering, Science, and Commerce colleges were utilized. Questionnaires and performance records were utilized as tools to study the influence of various factors such as demographics. The study reveals that performance and achievement are notably influenced by various factors such as individual motivation, learning strategies, teaching, and program alignment. Other factors that influence performance and achievement include the home and socioeconomic environments, peers, and familiarity and comfort with technology. Nonetheless, individual learning strategies and effective teaching are the fundamental drivers of high performance, while the other variables are significant but less influential. Science performers exhibited high achievement, and despite efforts, performance and equality for the opposite sex were marginally addressed. This study makes it clear that performance and achievement would benefit significantly if institutions of higher learning and the government were to focus on the various factors that influence performance, including but not limited to individual factors, but as well as other factors that influence performance. In the case of the 40th anniversary initiative, performance and achievement would benefit if the focus shifted to the development and improvement of teaching, familiarity and comfort with technology, and program and strategy alignment.

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