Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Secondary Students: Basisfor Proposed Guidance Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

With pressing issues regarding students who are faced with various predicaments like those heard or read from media such as juvenile crimes from different social media applications that are present now a days are factors especially teachers and parents need to be cognizant of how they could be of help and be instruments for the regeneration of these young individuals who are mostly in their secondary school ages. The study evolved to conduct the factors affecting students' academic performance in secondary level. Likewise, the results of the study were used as basis for a proposed guidance program.

METHODS

The study utilized the descriptive normative survey method which employs a survey questionnaire in gathering data about the present condition. Three groups of respondents were used namely the students, parents and teachers. The purposive sampling technique was utilized in this study.

RESULTS

Results revealed that the academic performance of students were influenced by factors such as parents' educational attainment, socioeconomic status of family, peer influence and other family factors. Teachers encountered problems relative to guidance and counseling concerns. The problems are arranged accordingly: insufficient testing materials for student's assessment, Guidance office facilities are not conducive for testing and counseling, lack of information tools, inadequate reading materials for students' exposure to different careers, inadequate funding for each program, guidance office staff have not enough training, lack of orientation and information about the guidance office's functions and services, and irregular counseling schedules.

DISCUSSIONS

The factors affecting students' academic performance were dependent on each other.