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A Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Students’ Admissibility for Post-Secondary Education using Artificial Neural Network

by Anietie Ekong, Abasiama Silas, Saviour Inyang
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 184 - Number 27
Year of Publication: 2022
Authors: Anietie Ekong, Abasiama Silas, Saviour Inyang
10.5120/ijca2022922340

Anietie Ekong, Abasiama Silas, Saviour Inyang . A Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Students’ Admissibility for Post-Secondary Education using Artificial Neural Network. International Journal of Computer Applications. 184, 27 ( Sep 2022), 44-49. DOI=10.5120/ijca2022922340

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2022922340,
author = { Anietie Ekong, Abasiama Silas, Saviour Inyang },
title = { A Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Students’ Admissibility for Post-Secondary Education using Artificial Neural Network },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Sep 2022 },
volume = { 184 },
number = { 27 },
month = { Sep },
year = { 2022 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 44-49 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume184/number27/32487-2022922340/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2022922340 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Anietie Ekong
%A Abasiama Silas
%A Saviour Inyang
%T A Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Students’ Admissibility for Post-Secondary Education using Artificial Neural Network
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 184
%N 27
%P 44-49
%D 2022
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Student admission’s process is a method of selecting qualified candidates for admission. Challenges such as facility constraints and insufficient ability to meet the continuously rising needs of post-secondary education. There is still an absorption capacity problem in some parts of the world as the growing number of students applying for admission for post-secondary education far surpasses the rate of expansion and this makes the selection process to be a daunting tasks. In this study, Artificial Neural network (ANN) was adopted for the determination of admissibility of candidates for post-secondary education based on (O’level Results, CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average), Departmental Rank (DPR) etc. Results indicated effective prediction based the performance analysis using the Confusion Matrix and AUC -ROC and gave a 99% accuracy on the dataset.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Machine Learning Neural Network Model Prediction Student’s Admission.