Assessment on the Tardiness of Junior High Students of Mother of Mercy Academy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Tardiness is occurring, arriving, acting or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time (Free Dictionary). The time actually spent in the classroom is an important element of student's academic success. The study investigated the assessment on the tardiness of the grade 10 junior high students of Mother of Mercy Academy.

METHODS

Questionnaire and interview was used. We used purposive sampling method because it focuses on specific characteristics of a population. We selected the tardy students of the two sections of the Grade 10 students of Mother of Mercy Academy.

RESULTS

Students who take regular attendances has a tendency to get positive results and students who are late to class will also cause bad academic performance. The results indicated that sleeping late is the main reason and the causes of sleeping late is using social medias at night, home works, and also the distance of their house and the school. The learners responded in many ways.

DISCUSSIONS

The researchers recommend that more studies will be done to other schools to find out what are also the causes of tardiness among the students of their school. Students need to know that education is their responsibility but they also need support from the school and the parents together with the administration to have a beneficial impact on the students.