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Article History

Received: 8 August 2024

Accepted: 13 December 2024

First Online: 23 December 2024

Declarations

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: The study was carried out in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval to conduct this study was granted by the institutional review board of Njala University. Institutional and departmental approval was sought from both institutions under study to permit the researchers access available student academic records. All eligible students gave written consent for their departments to share their accumulated GPA scores with the researchers prior to the interviews. Students who withheld consent did not have their grades assessed and were thus excluded from the study. Students who provided consent were assured that the data would be handled confidentially and would not be used for any purpose other than this research. Participants who were recruited for the interviews provided informed written consent and were assured of confidentiality and their rights to withdraw consent at any time. All the data in this study were fully anonymized, and all identifying information was removed.

: Not Applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.