Contributing Factors on School Absenteeism among Grade Six Pupils in Latag Elementary School: An Analysis (An Action Research)

Authors

  • Maricel Manalo

Keywords:

alarming, chronic, perception, eradicate, implication, eye-opener

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

School absenteeism is an alarming problem for administrators, teachers, parents, society in general, and pupils in particular. Unaccepted absences have a negative effect on peer relationships, which can cause further absences. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, absenteeism is "chronic absence." In the context of school, it is the habitual or intentional failure to attend school. While every student may miss some school activities now and then, absence becomes a problem when the student is away from school for many days.

 

METHODS

Since the perception of a set of respondents was the main focus of the study, the researchers used the descriptive method of research. The method created is in accordance with the objective of the paper which is to know the contributing factors of absenteeism among learners.

 

RESULTS

It showed that 6 or 30% of the respondents favor that the causes of absenteeism are home factors while physical factors obtained a percentage score of 2 or 10% of the causes of absenteeism. This explained that 12 or 60 % of respondents favor home visitation in minimizing absenteeism while 3 or 15 % of respondents agree that the teachers perform values integration in their daily lessons. It was illustrated that 8 or 40% of the respondents agree that low grades are the effect of absenteeism in the academic performance of the learners, while 5 or 25 % agree that the effect of absenteeism is transferred out in school.

 

DISCUSSIONS

It indicates that 8 or 40 % of the respondents were in favor of the implementation of school programs like Oplan Bernanda against absenteeism that must be followed to eradicate problems among Grade Six pupils, while 5 or 25 % of the respondents deemed it necessary to have the rewards for perfect attendance. It can be gleaned that 10 or 50 % of the respondents approved the implication of the study as a guide on how to solve the same problem, while 4 or 20 % of the respondents agree that the implication of the study will serve as an eye-opener to other schools.

Published

2019-01-18