Determinants of Agricultural Students’ Academic Performance at the University Level: Case of Bangladesh

Subject Areas : Agricultural Education

Md. Wakilur Rahman ¹ , Kazi Shek Farid ² , Nishith Zahan Tanny ³

1 - Department of Rural Sociology Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
2 - Department of Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
3 - Department of Rural Sociology Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Received: 2021-11-01 Accepted : 2021-12-20 Published : 2021-12-30

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