Impact of ethnic identity and geographical home location on student academic performance

Lazarus Obed Livingstone Banda; Jin Liu; Jane Thokozani Banda; Wenhui Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16767

Impact of ethnic identity and geographical home location on student academic performance

Lazarus Obed Livingstone Banda^*, Jin Liu, Jane Thokozani Banda, Wenhui Zhou

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Abstract

Situated against the backdrop of a politically fueled ethnic hate between the Northern Region and the rest, this study exposes the relationship between the students' regions of origin and their academic performance in Malawian higher education to contribute to appropriate student support and healthy study habits. Spearman's rHO indicated weak but statistically significant correlations between one's home region and academic performance. Kruskal Wallis Test (N = 20,263) revealed that no single region outperforms others. Thematic analysis of interview data (N = 15) through NVivo revealed that students believe effort matters more in academic performance irrespective of one's region of origin. Implications for education policy that harness healthy study habits to enhance student achievement, retention, and self-efficacy about success are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	e16767
Journal	Heliyon
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16767
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

Keywords

Academic performance
Higher education
Literacy
Missionary education
Region of origin

UN SDGs

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