E-XGBoost-FL: Predicting Student Dropout Risk in Northern Ghana
# e-xgboost-fl-ghana-dropout
E-XGBoost-FL: Predicting Student Dropout Risk in Northern Ghana
# E-XGBoost-FL
An engineered XGBoost model with Focal Loss for predicting student dropout risk in underserved Senior High Schools in Northern Ghana.
## Researcher
Ngmalbini Veronica Nakol
## Institution
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
## Model
E-XGBoost-FL
## Status
Research Proposal Stage
## Dataset
Hybrid:
- UCI Student Dropout Dataset
- Ethics-cleared Northern Ghana SHS records (planned)
## Target Journals
- Computers & Education
- Expert Systems With Applications