Addressing Educational Disparities: Assessing the Gap for Indigenous Community

Shafaq Khan, Viutika Rathod, Abhirup Ranjan, Anika Una, Neel Pandya

2024

Abstract

This research paper explores the integration of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in education to address the educational disparities faced by Indigenous students in Canada [Change.org, 2023]. It proposes a management system utilizing a database and logistic regression model to predict student dropout rates based on key factors such as Cultural Identity, Gender, Government Funding, and more [Government of Canada, 2021]. The logistic regression model achieved an accuracy rate of 0.831 on the testing dataset and provided valuable insights into the factors influencing dropout rates among Indigenous students. The paper emphasizes the importance of cultural sensitivity, ethical considerations, and collaboration with Indigenous communities throughout the research process. While logistic regression offers interpretability and simplicity, future work may explore the use of other machine learning models and qualitative data to enhance accuracy and gain deeper insights. The goal is to promote educational equity and inclusivity while respecting Indigenous knowledge and aspirations in Canadian education. This will help the local and federal authorities in determining and early forecasting that the student might drop out and accordingly the authorities can take action. Also the data and results from different regions can be help in determining how they are performing and if their action planning can be implemented in the other region as well to reduce the drop out ratio. This will help in the overall development of the indigenous community.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Khan S., Rathod V., Ranjan A., Una A. and Pandya N. (2024). Addressing Educational Disparities: Assessing the Gap for Indigenous Community. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-697-2, SciTePress, pages 453-460. DOI: 10.5220/0012253600003693

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu24,
author={Shafaq Khan and Viutika Rathod and Abhirup Ranjan and Anika Una and Neel Pandya},
title={Addressing Educational Disparities: Assessing the Gap for Indigenous Community},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU},
year={2024},
pages={453-460},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012253600003693},
isbn={978-989-758-697-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU
TI - Addressing Educational Disparities: Assessing the Gap for Indigenous Community
SN - 978-989-758-697-2
AU - Khan S.
AU - Rathod V.
AU - Ranjan A.
AU - Una A.
AU - Pandya N.
PY - 2024
SP - 453
EP - 460
DO - 10.5220/0012253600003693
PB - SciTePress