Socio-Economic Status of Students and Its Impact on the Quality of Studies

The research was done in order to highlight the connection between the socio-economic status (SES) of students and the quality of studies, as well as the connection between the organization of the teaching curriculum and the quality of studies. It has a quantitative descriptive design and falls in the field of theoretical-empirical research. The population is homogeneous and includes students from the faculties of Education throughout Kosovo and the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences in Pristina, who attended bachelor studies in the period 2019–2022. The research was conducted with a sample of 312 students, representing over 2800 students. The research instrument was a survey/questionnaire. The results of the research showed that the social and economic status of students is in stable correlation with the quality of studies. The research also highlighted that the organization and quality implementation of the teaching curriculum significantly correlates with the quality of studies. From the attitudes of the students, it was understood that there is a variable correlation depending on the variables (such as marital status, village-city residence, number of employees in the family, economic situation, etc.). The findings from the research serve as a recommendation for educational institutions so that during the drafting of policies on education, they take into consideration the qualitative organization of studies by institutions of higher education, as well as create mechanisms to help students with poor economic conditions, in order to raise of the quality of studies and the quality of education.