Anthropogenic
determinants of Success in Agriculatural Education:The
Case of Jimma College of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Bedassa
Tadesse and Kidist G/Sellassie
Abstract: An analysis of the determinants of students’ success in middle-level2 agricultural training was carried out using secondary data obtained from the Office of the Registrar, Jimma College of Agriculture. The study used multivariate statistical tools involving Fisher’s linear discriminant function and LOGIT qualitative response model. The results of the study indicate that sex, preference for agriculture, region, students’ parental occupation and streams attended at the high school discriminate between successful and unsuccessful students as a group. Being from a rural area, however, does not give a student more chance to succeed in middle-level agricultural education. Furthermore, the study revealed that the probability of succeeding in agricultural education could not be predetermined on the basis of results in the Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE).