A study on effect of previous schooling in MBBS performance

study on effect of previous schooling on academic

performance in students of aiims patna

ASHWANI PANDEYAIIMS PATNA

Objective

• Primary- This study is aimed at studying the effect of previous schooling on academic performance of MBBS students in AIIMS Patna.• Secondary-To study the difference in effect of previous

schooling on present academic performance of male and female students AIIMS Patna.

IntroductionThe years that we spend in school are not merely time spent in

learning and gaining knowledge but also serve as a foundation to achieve the goals in life which we strive for .

The basic traits of our personality are formed during school days.

Through this study we are aiming to find out various aspects of previous schooling like methodology of teaching ,language medium used for teaching , regularity in school are having any impact on academic performance of the students in MBBS.

There is no baseline value to compare the data and since we could not find any similar study done in past so we chose this topic for our research.

No previous similar epidemiological study was found This study was conducted to evaluate effects of previous schooling on academic performance of AIIMS Patna students.

Materials and MethodsStudy design : Cross sectional studyStudy population : AIIMS MBBS Student Selection criteria: Inclusion criteria-MBBS 2012 and 2013 batch students as they

have given their first professional exam, both male and female student

Exclusion criteria-MBBS 2014 batch were excluded as they have not given their first professional exam

Study period: 24th May to 2nd June

Sample size• To find out the sample size, a pilot study was done on 30 randomly selected

students :20 males and 10 females to find out the prevalence• Out of the 20 males, 10 were from 2013 batch and 10 were from 2012 batch. Out of

the 10 females , 5 were from 2013 batch and 5 from 2012 batch.• From the pilot study, prevalence came out to be 47%,i.e., 47% students have had an

impact of previous schooling on their present academic performance in AIIMS Patna. Sample size = Z2*PR*Q E2

Z=1.96 Q=100-PR PR= 47 Q= 100-47=53 E = ERROR =5%of PR Ideally sample size comes to be 1732 . But we have selected 135 MBBS students

for study.

procedure

All students were distributed a uniform pre-tested , pre-designed , semi-structured questionnaire.

It was a self-administered questionnaire. Purpose of study was informed by investigators. The questionnaire was distributed to the students during their

working hours in the college and complete responses were collected on the spot.

Confidentiality of the students was maintained as no names were requested from the students.

All the 6 investigators were present in the classroom for any clarification.

Cont.• Structured Questionnaire, Consist of 2 parts -

First part consisted of demographic dataSecond part includes question on previous schooling and

academic performance in 1st professional

• Totals students were further divided according to batch and sex.

Analysis

• Statistical analysis was done on SPSS software.

• Data was tabulated and analyzed and result is expressed in number and percentage.

Result

• DISTRIBUTION OF STUDY POPULATION ACCORDING TO SEX

• Ratio(Male : Female)=2.06:1

GENDER NUMBER PERCENTAGE

Male 91 67.4%

Female 44 32.6%

BOARD IN CLASS 10th

ICSE CBSE STATE BOARD

BOARD 10th

FREQUENCY %

ICSE 24 17.8%

CBSE 87 64.4%

STATE 24 17.8%

Most of the students completed 10th Board from CBSE

BOARD IN CLASS 12th

ISC CBSE STATE BOARD

BOARD 12th

FREQUENCY %

ISC 9 6.7%

CBSE 98 72.6%

STATE 28 20.7%

Most of the students completed 12th Board from CBSE

MEDIUM OF TEACHING IN CLASS 10th

HINDI ENGLISH OTHERS0

MEDIUM 10th

FREQUENCY %

HINDI 17 12.6%

ENGLISH 116 85.9%

OTHERS 2 1.5%

Most of the students got education from English medium schools

MEDIUM OF TEACHING IN CLASS 12th

HINDI ENGLISH OTHERS0

Most of the students got their 12th class education from English medium schools

MEDIUM 12th

FREQUENCY %

HINDI 10 7.4%

ENGLISH 124 91.9%

OTHERS 1 0.7%

Students who changed school after 10th

• 52.6% of the students changed their school after class 10th

changed not changed

60626466687072 FREQUENCY %

CHANGED SCHOOL 71 52.6

NOT CHANGED SCHOOL

64 47.4

CHANGE IN BOARD AFTER 10th Std.

ICSE 10th

CBSE 10th

STATE BOARD 10th

100ISC 12th

CBSE 12th

state board 12th

A considerable no. of students changed their board after 10th to CBSE

ISC 12th CBSE 12th STATE BOARD 12th

ICSE 10th 8 (33.3%) 14(58.3%) 2 (8.3%)

CBSE 10th 1(1.14%) 79 (90.9%) 7(8.04%)

STATE BOARD 10th

0 5(20.83%) 19 (79.16%)

CHANGE IN MEDIUM AFTER 10th Std.

HINDI 10th

ENGLISH 10th

OTHERS 10th

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HINDI 12thENGLISH 12thOTHERS 12th

A considerable no. of students changed their medium to English after 10th

HINDI 12th ENGLISH 12th OTHERS 12th

HINDI 10th 9 (52.94%) 8 (47.05%) 0

ENGLISH 10th

1 (0.86%) 115 (99.13%) 0

OTHERS 10th

0 1 (50%) 1 (50%)

PERCENTAGE OF MARKS OBTAINED IN 10th

10th board %

<60% 60-75% 76-90% >90% Maximum students got more than 90%

10th board % frequency %

<60% 0 0

60-75% 14 10.4%

76-90% 40 29.6%

>90% 81 60%

PERCENTAGE OF MARKS OBTAINED IN 12th

12th board %

<60% 60-75% 76-80% >80%

Maximum students got more than 80%

12th board % frequency %

<60% 0 0

60-75% 20 14.8%

76-90% 17 12.6%

>90% 98 72.6%

MODE OF TEACHING IN SCHOOL

mode of teaching

blackboard pptvisuals more than 1

Mode of teaching

frequency %

blackboard 106 78.5%

ppt 1 0.7%

visuals 1 0.7%

More than 1 27 20%

COMMUNICATION GAP IN PREVIOUS SCHOOL

YES NO0

Most of the students did not have a communication problem.

75.6% students did not had communication problem with teachers.

24.4% students had communication problem with teachers.

Out of the students who experienced a communication gap,57.7% face difficulty in expressing themselves verbally at present

COMMUNICATION GAP

NO(75.6%)

YES(24.4%)

SHY NATURE (47%)

TEACHER UNAPPROACHABL

E(20.5%)

NOT INTERESTED

(23.5%)

MORE THAN 1 REASON (8.82%)

REGULARITY OF STUDENTS IN SCHOOL

Most of the students were regular in school

yes no0

frequency %

Regular 121 89.6%

Not regular 14 10.4%

MORE FOCUS TOWARDS TUITION AND COACHING IN 12th

focussed not focussed0

Most of the students were not focussed towards tuition and coaching

frequency %

focussed 49 36.3%

Not focussed 86 63.7%

FIRST PROFESSIONAL RESULTS

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70

Most of the students scored between 60-70%

1st Prof % frequency %

<50% 6 4.4%

50-60% 48 35.6%

60-70% 62 45.2%

>70% 20 14.8%

DIFFICULTY IN EXPRESSING ONESELF IN EXAMS

verbally theoretically both none0

A considerable number of students face difficulty in expressing themselves verbally

frequency %

Verbally 59 43.7%

Theoretically 7 5.2%

Both 7 5.2%

none 62 45.9%

Impact of board in 12th on ability to express oneself in exams

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BOARD 12th

Verbally Theoretically both none

ISC 3 (33.3%) 0 0 6(66.7%)

CBSE 42 (42.85%) 5 (5.1%) 4 (4.08%) 47 (47.95%)

STATE BOARD 14 (50%) 2 (7.14%) 3 (10.7%) 9 (32.1%)

Majority of the students who have done their 12th from ISC and CBSE board don’t have any problem in expressing themselves.

Majority of the students who have done their 12th from state board face problem in expressing themselves verbally.

About 10% of the students who have done their 12th from state board face problem in expressing themselves both verbally and theoretically.

Impact of board in class 12th on marks obtained in first Professional

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%0

BOARD 12th

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%

ISC 1 (11%) 2 (22%) 4 (44%) 2 (22%)

CBSE 2(2.04%) 31(31.6%) 50 (51.02%) 15 (15.3%)

STATE BOARD 3 (10.7%) 15 (53.6%) 7 (25%) 3 (10.7%)

Majority of the students who have done their 12th from CBSE and ISC board obtained marks between 60-70%

Majority of the students who have done their 12th from state board obtained marks between 50-60%

Impact of medium in class 12th on marks obtained in first Professional

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%0

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HindiEnglishOthers

MEDIUM

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%

Hindi 1 (10%) 7 (70%) 1 (10%) 1 (10%)

English 5 ( 4.03%) 40 (32.25%) 60 (48.4%) 19 (15.3%)

Others 0 1 (100%) 0 0

Maximum students of Hindi medium obtained marks between 50-60% whereas those who were from English medium majority of them obtained marks between 60-70%

Only 10% of the students who were from Hindi medium obtained more than 70% marks whereas 15.3% of the students from English medium obtained more than 70% marks

All the students who did their 12th in regional language obtained marks between 50-60%

Impact of medium in 12th on ability to express oneself in exams

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hindienglishothers

Medium

verbally Theoretically Both None

Hindi 6 (60%) 1(10%) 1 (10%) 2 (20%)

English 53 (42.7%) 6 (4.83%) 5 (4.03%) 60 (48.38%)

Others 0 0 1 (100%) 0

Majority of students of Hindi medium have problem in expressing themselves verbally

Majority of students of English medium do not have any problem in expressing themselves

All students who did their 12th in regional language faced problem in expressing themselves both theoretically and verbally

12th CBSE

12thENGLISH

COMMUNICATION GAP

REGULAR

FOCUS T

OWARDS COACHING

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MALE FEMALE

Difference in various aspects of previous schooling in males and

females

Impact of more focus towards coaching in class 12th on marks

obtained in first Professional

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%0

focussed not focussed

Focus towards tuition and coaching

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%

Focussed 1 (2.04%) 23 (46.9%) 22 (44.8%) 3 (6.1%)

Not focussed 5 (5.8%) 25 (29%) 39 (45.34%) 17 (19.7%)

Those students who were not focused towards coaching in class 12TH performed better than those who were focused towards coaching

Impact of regularity in school on first professional result

<50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%0

REGULAR <50% 50-60% 60-70% >70%

Yes 6(4.95%) 42(34.71%) 56(46.2%) 17(14.04%)

No 0 6(42.8%) 5(35.71%) 3(21.42%)

Majority of students who were regular in school scored between 60-70% whereas among those who were irregular majority scored between 50-60%

12th CBSE

12thENGLISH

COMMUNICATION GAP

REGULAR

FOCUS T

OWARDS COACHING

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MALE FEMALE

Difference in various aspects of previous schooling in males and

females

Difference in ability to express between males and females

Difference in marks obtained in 1st prof. between males and females

Majority of the males faced difficulty in expressing themselves verbally in exams whereas majority of females did not have any difficulty in expressing themselves.

None of the females obtained marks below 50% whereas few males did obtained marks below 50% in first professional

Majority of males scored marks between 50-60%Majority of females scored marks between 60-70%

SUMMARY

64.4% students completed 10th Board from CBSE72.6% students completed 12th Board from CBSE52.6% of the students changed their school after class 10th