The Occurrence of Tardiness among Grade 1 Pupils in Panuca Es: Basis for an Intervention Plan

Abstract

Introduction

Amongst other components of any organization, human beings are the most difficult to manage (Dafiaghor, 2011). This is manifested likewise in school particularly among students who habitually come late as scheduled which is termed as tardiness. Tardiness, as defined by Encarta (2009) is an instance of being late, especially for school or work, which is noted down as a misdemeanor. Breezes et al. (2010) as cited by Dafiaghor (2011) defined tardiness as being slow to act or slow to respond, thus not meeting up with proper or usual timing.

Methods

The descriptive design was used in the study to make an adequate interpretation of relevant data about the extent of student tardiness among Grade 1 Pupils in Panuca ES the descriptive design focused on explaining the extent, the causes, and means to prevent student tardiness. As stated by Aggarwal (2008), descriptive research is devoted to the gathering of information about prevailing conditions and situations for description and interpretation.

Results

From the results of the study, the following findings are drawn: Most of the respondents were late only one (1) –five (5) times a year. The respondents find the first-period class difficult to get on time. The usual reasons why respondents get late are the following: distant home, sleeping late at night, waking up very late and traffic. And the common ways to prevent student tardiness are: waking up early, preparing things needed for school the night before, setting an alarm clock and finishing projects ahead of time.

Discussions

The respondents may try not to be tardy in school for it affects learning. The school administrators may consider adjusting the time of the first period classes. The students may do the following preventive measure to minimize and prevent tardiness. For future researchers, the same study may be conducted with different respondents and different settings to compare the results.