The Effectiveness of Punctuality Program of Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Punctuality is the ability of a person to complete or finish a certain task. Being on time as a student gives a big impact on their performance and behavior in their school. The study aims to describe what Punctuality is all about, its purpose and objectives for the students, teachers and the administration. The researchers believed that certain special programs can be applied and continuously improved as per the need to enforce proper punctuality to students for them to have an effective and attentive output which will not only help them in the present but also in the future which was proven when the Punctuality Program was implemented. This study would be beneficial to the students, teachers, administration and the future researchers as they could be more knowledgeable about the scope of the Punctuality Program and to understand its focus for the students, this study is conducted in Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School.

METHODS

The research design used was a case study to describe the effectiveness of the Punctuality Program or (2Ps). The population of the senior high school students of ETTMNHS was used as respondents.160 were randomly selected to answer the semi-structured questionnaire and the learners were observed by the proponents between 6:00 -7:00 AM and 11:30 -11:30 PM before their first class in the morning and afternoon program.

RESULTS

Based on the respondents answer in the questionnaire and observation the proponent assesses that: punctuality program is to encourage the students who experience tardiness to be punctual to improve and develop their time management properly and to persuade the students to go to school earlier, it disciplines the learners to prevent the late and tardiness, it is also highly effective to student to encourage them to come to school early. The said project also gives influence on the other students.

DISCUSSIONS

The result describe that the punctuality program is deemed highly effective and efficient into teaching students to be punctual and responsible in terms of managing their time and that the said program can be further improved by other means that the school administration is capable of the enforcers having the utmost proper discipline in dealing with ffenses by the students who are being tardy, thus making the Punctuality Program highly effective.