A Comparative Study on Mathematics Achievement of Rural and Urban Areas Students at Rupandehi District

Abstract

This is a quantitative study based on survey design entitled “A comparative study on mathematics achievement of rural and urban areas urban areas schools students at Rupandehi district”. The objectives of this study were to compare the student‟s achievement in mathematics in rural and urban schools and to find out the crucial factors that play roles in the achievement gap of students between rural and urban areas schools. The sample of this study consisted of 445 students from five rural and five urban schools. Schools were chosen randomly and the whole students were taken from the selected class. A set of questionnaires were used as tools for collecting data and students mathematics achievement of selected schools of academic year 2074 was taken from schools marks ledgers. The questionnaires were related to five factors affecting mathematics achievement consisting of fifteen statements. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted by using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, t-test at 0.05 level of significance and multiple linear regression. It is found that the mathematics achievement mean score of urban community schools students is higher than the rural community secondary schools students. Hence, there is a significant difference between rural and urban schools students in their achievement in mathematics. It is found that the factors class size, extra-curricular activities, time schedule, unit test and home assignment contribute for mathematics achievement around 7.6%, 7.1%, 22.4% , 30.9% and 24.7% respectively positively associated with mathematics achievement of rural schools students. Similarly, the effect of class size, extracurricular activities,time schedule,unit test and home assignment in urban schools students 7.6%, 7.1%,22.4%,30.9% and 24.7% respectively.Thus, all these factors play an important role in the gap in mathematics achievement of urban and rural schools students.