Financial Roles and its Effect on Persistence of Female Students in Distance Education Programs in Ghana
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Date
2018
Authors
Itegi, Florence Muthoni
Kariuki, Samson Ikinya
Somuah, Beatrice Asante
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Publisher
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
Abstract
In recent times when there has been a shift in public benefit of education from the higher
education to basic education, beneficiaries of higher education take responsibilities of most
of their financial commitments as students. The focus of the study was to find out the extent
to which financial responsibilities affect the persistence of female students accessing higher
education through the distance education programs. A correlational research design was
used to describe and predict the effect of financial responsibilities on persistence of 441
female students drawn from selected public universities in Ghana. Data was collected using
questionnaires and analyzed with descriptives and simple linear regression. It was found
that financial roles had positive effect on persistence of the female students. The study
recommended that female students were exposed to the sources of funding to enable them
mitigate the effect financial roles might have on their persistence and academic progression.
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Research article
Keywords
Financial Roles, Female Students, Distance Education Programs, Ghana, persistence
Citation
Somuah, B. A., Itegi, F. M., & Kariuki, S. I. (2018). Financial Roles and its Effect on Persistence of Female Students in Distance Education Programs in Ghana. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 19(4), 104-115.