Student’s interest affects academic performance: case study at Yayasan Kemajuan Insan (YAKIN), Kuching Sarawak / Nur Syuhada Mohd Hanapiah and Nurfarhana Mohd Johan

Student’s interest have been known as the contributing factor towards the students’ academic performance. As the academic performances of Malaysian students have been decreasing these past two years, thus several factors need to be recognized in order to improve their academic performance in the future. This study examine the relationship of students interest factor with academic performances and what is the factor that affect the most towards the academic performances. A population of 70 male students at YAKIN’s hostel have been chosen in order to examine the interest factor that affect the most towards their academic performance. The four factor that have been recognized are the students’ behavior, facilities, classroom environment and the teaching method. Our finding revealed that, the four factor do have a relationship to the academic performance and showed that students’ behavior is the most factor affecting academic performance followed by teaching methods, classroom environment and facilities.