Abstract:
Educational Data mining is a conspicuous research area that helps to develop an
educational context. The primary purpose of this work is to find out the factors or attributes
for studying in English Medium school or any International Curriculum in grade V to XII
in Bangladesh. To prepare the set of attributes, help was taken from some of the renowned
persons of the English Medium School and International Curriculum in Bangladesh, such
as country director, principal, vice-principal, coordinator, teacher, human resources
manager, parents, and students. A set of questionnaires with 29 different questions were
prepared. Google form is used to collect data from students to identify the relevant
attributes. After pre-processing the data, different clustering algorithms are used to find the
best cluster. K-means cluster with 3 clusters gives the best result and found some main
attributes or reasons for studying in Bangladesh's international Curriculum. The finding of
this thesis is revealed the main factors for studying in an English Medium school or
International curriculum and the differences among other schools in Bangladesh. This
study finds the importance and the key features of the English Medium School in
Bangladesh. It reflects the idea of English Medium School's students on their Curriculum
and school. This thesis will help the students select the Curriculum and help the parents
decide while admitting their children. This work also reflects the student's and parent's
demands on a school and its Curriculum. In the future, this study will help find the main
differences between different curriculums in the Bangladeshi education system.
