Drop-out and admission cancel rate among the students in a selected medical college

• Published in: Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 197
• Main Authors: Wahed, F, Latif, S A, Mahamud, M M, Nessa, A, Hossain, M A, Sultana, S Z, Hossain, M B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangladesh 01.04.2011
• Subjects: Bangladesh; Female; Humans; Male; Student Dropouts - statistics & numerical data; Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data; Bangladesh
• ISSN: 1022-4742

A record based descriptive type of study was carried out among the under-graduate students of Mymensingh Medical College from the session 1966-67 to 2006-07. The academic years were divided into four decades and admission was followed into three categories such as retained, cancellation and drop-out. Total number of the students was 5892. Among them 3848(65.30%) were male and 2044(34.69%) were female. Out of 5892 students drop-out was 282(4.78%) and admission cancel was 304(5.15%). It was also found that drop-out in male was 232(6.02%) and in female was 50(2.44%) and admission cancel in male was 266(5.87%) and in female was 78(3.81%). The difference was found statistically significant (p<0.001). It was observed that gradually the drop-out and admission cancel rate is decreasing from the very beginning to till now. It was also observed that all drop-out and admission cancellation were in first & second year students. There was no continuation of their class roll numbers in third year registration.