Co-Curricular Activities, Academic Stress, and Academic Performance among Senior High School Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The educational process engages students in academic and co-curricular activities. As part of the vision of the Department of Education, academic endeavors must help shape, cultivate, and enrich the holistic development of students. It is in this aspect that co-curricular activities may have significant influences. Students experience various academic stress making them vulnerable to problems that may affect academic performance. With these, the researchers aimed to study the participation of students in co-curricular activities; the significant effect of co-curricular activities to academic stress; the significant effect of academic stress to academic performance; and the interplay of co-curricular activities, academic stress, and academic performance of students from Pulo Senior High School.

METHODS

This study utilized the correlational research method which provided the most effective tool for determining a relationship between co-curricular activities, academic stress, and academic performance of the students. This study used purposive sampling where the respondents are actively involved in co-curricular activities. Fifty senior high school students during the first semester of the academic year 2018-2019 were used in the study.

RESULTS

Based on the findings, the majority of the students spend more hours in co-curricular activities. The respondents also have a high level of academic stress. In addition, the academic performance of the students based on their average was very satisfactory. Based on the data gathered and the results obtained, there is a significant relationship between co-curricular activities, academic stress, and academic performance.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that the students would likely engage more on their co-curricular activities. Their high academic stress shows that the students always worry about their test results after examinations. The very satisfactory rating of their academic performance shows that students can perform well in their studies. The significant relationship among co-curricular activities, academic stress, and academic performance implied that the students have managed these factors well. Regarding this, numerous researchers conducted to investigate this relationship confirmed that there is a significant relationship among the said factors.