Problems of Working Students on Business Administration in Undertaking Academic Performance: Towards A Guide

Abstract

Balancing work and study are two of the many problems faced by college students nowadays, in order to augment their daily needs; they resort to having part-time jobs while in school so as to subsidize the cost of education. These students taking up Business Administration seek solutions by working so that they could provide payment of their tuition. Some of them do apply for educational assistance or scholarship programs of the government or other non-government organizations. A research method was conducted with the use of qualitative descriptive method. The researchers conduct a survey through utilization of questionnaires to the 50 Business Administration working students at Bestlink College of the Philippines. Most of them are able to answer the questionnaires regarding the current status of working students. The Business Administration working students who participated in our survey had an assessment regarding the factors affecting in terms of attendance and time management. They are able to attend 2-8 hours in school as long they had no conflict in their work. Reasons of Business Administration working students is to preparing financial in their school fees. Working students failed in their academic performance because of conflicts in passing their minor and major subjects due to stress in their work. One solution to lessen this problem is to submit projects and requirements before the due date. The results demonstrate the struggles not only for Business Administration working students but also to the other working students in the Philippines, the government needs to provide assistance to lessen the population of working students in our country. Some colleges and universities need to implement rules and regulations regarding the academic performance of these working students.