Enrollment and Academic Performance of Female Students in Higher Learning Institutions: A Case Study

Abstract

Education is considered to be an important means of economic, social
and cultural development of Ethiopia. It helps to develop the labour
force and the managerial skill, which enhances economic and social
transformation. Thus, provision of education services to the society
should be the primary concern of the government. In this regard,
though the participation of female students in primary and secondary
level is comparable with that of boys (Fantaw, 2001) the inequalities
of female students at higher education level is not narrowing from
time to time. It is also observed that the chance of success of female
stUdents in the academic life is limited by some artificial and natural
factors. Thus this paper tries to assess the level of participation and
performance of female students at tertiary level of education