Proposed Intervention Scheme in Enhancing Pupils' School Attendance Level of Grade Five Class at San Juan Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The success of the school in carrying out its primary charge of educating and socializing students is contingent on students attending school regularly. In recognition of the importance of regular school attendance to quality education, attendance become a priority goal (At-Risk Youth in Crisis Handbook,1993). Educators have long emphasized the importance of class attendance. Only in the classroom may the student hear the teacher's presentation, participate in class discussion, and enjoy the benefits of spontaneous interactions between the students and teacher. It comes as no surprise that students with high absence rates earn lower grades than students with better attendance (Redick and Nicoli, 1990).

METHODS

This is a descriptive qualitative research which aims to enhance level of the grade five pupils. The respondents of the study are the pupils who are habitually absent, the teacher and the parents of the said grade. The researchers used data gathering procedures namely, checklist questionnaire to know the common reason of students' absenteeism. A retrospective interview followed after accomplishing the survey questionnaire inorder to validate and confirm the responses given by the research participants.

RESULTS

There is a poor attendance level of the pupils that affects not only the academic performance of the pupils as well as their personal growth. There are different causes why pupils are habitually absent in terms of physical factors, health, personal attitude, teacher-related, classroom atmosphere and home related. It is recommended that the proposed intervention scheme be tried out in school to enhance the attendance level of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

This action research is designed to enhance the attendance of Grade V pupils of San Juan Elementary School. The data shows the most daily absences in the month of June-August, school year 2016-2017. The data was gathered from the daily attendance record that is kept by the teachers for the first quarter of the year. The total number of days from June to August is 55 days. And there are about 72% or 30 habitually absences made by the pupils for the first quarter.