Factors That Cause Student Absenteeism of Grade 8 Students in Lipa City National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One of the most serious problem inside the classroom is the issue of absenteeism. This is the reason why the researcher conducted this action research to fully understand the students and help them cope with the activities every day, to design programs and action plans that help them avoid absences.

METHODS

A descriptive research process was used whereby a meticulous description and analysis of the gathered data is made in order to arrive at the needed answers to the problems posited in the study. All the data was then organized, tallied, tabulated, and presented in a series of tables and graphs. Frequency counts, percentage weight values and weighted mean were used in the analysis and interpretation of data.

RESULTS

Health is the primary reason why students are absent from their classes. Summing it up, the top 10 reasons of student absenteeism are as follows and in order: fever/flu, noise inside the classroom, cough and colds, bullied by classmates, headache and influence of friends, other diseases, lack of food or something to eat, stomach ache and scolded by the teacher.

DISCUSSIONS

The results show that students who are frequently absent from the class are said to be struggling learners, thus teachers should design intervention materials that will help students come up with the lessons they missed the time they were absent.