Home-to-School Travel and the Attendance of Grade 11 Senior High School Students of San Juan National High School
Keywords:
Home-to-School Travel, Absenteeism, Tardiness, AttendanceAbstract
INTRODUCTION
This study aims to know the travel time and the distance of a student's house from the school and its possible effect with his or her school performance.
METHODS
A validated researcher-made questionnaire was used to gather data from a sample of 50 Grade 11 students of San Juan National High School. Samples were identified through cluster random sampling technique. The research tool contained questions regarding the location of the residence of the respondents, means of transportation between school and home, the number of absences and of tardiness in a month period. Pearson r correlation coefficient and t-test for correlation were used to determine the degree of relationship between variables and to decide if there is a significant relationship between them.
RESULTS
It was found out that (a) the average distance of grade 11 students' house from school is 4.286 kilometers, (b) the average time spent travelling from home to school is, (c) the most common means of transportation is through riding tricycle, (d) the average number of absences per month is 3.06 and (e) the average number of tardiness is 3.84 among the Grade 11 students. The values of calculated Pearson r correlation coefficient and t-value indicate that there is a very strong significant relationship between the distance from home to school and students' absences as well as between the distance from home to school and students’ tardiness.
DISCUSSIONS
The results have shown that, on average, the Grade 11 students are residing within the 5-kilometer away from the school and that there were no substantial difficulties on their home-to-school travel. Consequently, the researcher suggests that the average number of absences and tardiness per month can be further lessened through interventions in the part of the school administration focusing on the solutions to the issues brought about by the distance of students' residence to school.
