Tutoring and Academic Performance in University Students from the Peruvian Altiplano

Abstract

Objective: University tutoring is crucial to support students' academic, personal and professional success, provides individualized guidance, fosters the development of key skills and promotes student retention, thus contributing to the overall growth of university students. Within this framework, the objective of the research was to determine the relationship between the perception of the tutoring system and the academic performance of students of the National University of the Altiplano of Puno (UNAP).   Methods: The research approach is quantitative, non-experimental, with a cross-sectional correlational design. The population consisted of 474 students, obtaining a sample of 213 randomly selected students. A questionnaire was used to measure the first variable, while for the second variable the minutes of evaluation corresponding to the first academic semester of the year 2023 were consulted.   Results: The results reveal that students of the UNAP have a regular perception of tutoring services, both academic and personalized. While they recognize the existence of these services, they are not fully familiar with all available services. Some students have also used these services occasionally, do not consider them an essential part of their university experience and do not actively seek this type of support, except when they need it.   Conclusion: In conclusion 93.4% of the students assessed the tutoring system as regular, while 6.6% considered it bad or unsatisfactory. In addition, the statistical analysis reveals a strong positive correlation (r=0.795) between the tutoring system and academic performance, supported by a p value lower than the level of significance (0.00 < 0.05) that confirms the statistical validity of this relationship. These findings suggest that as the tutoring system strengthens, there is a considerable and positive association with students' academic performance.