Effects of Low of Self-Esteem to the Academic Performance of Grade 12 ABM Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines School Year 2018-2019

Abstract

Self-esteem is important to every individual because it is one’s belief of himself/herself. It is the matter on how a person value and love himself. Since Bestlink College of the Philippines aims to achieve academic excellence by producing self-motivated and self-directed students, the scope of this study is to identify the factors causing low self-esteem and its effects on the academic performance of Grade 12 Accountancy, Business, and Management students. A qualitative method was used in the study using descriptive research design. It focused on the assessment of self-esteem of Grade 12 ABM students. There were three academic variables identified as effected by having low of self-esteem such as; performance task, group activities, and written works. Data were collected by distributing questionnaires to the 50 selected Grade 12 Accountancy, Business, and Management students using purposive sampling. The results of the study revealed that true to some extent, low self-esteem has an effect to the academic performance of Grade 12 ABM students of Bestlink College of the Philippines in school year 2018-2019 in terms of (1) Performance task-students feel so nervous every time they have their performance tasks that need to present in front, (2) Group Activities-they always feel awkward with their group and they feel out of place when having a group discussion, but in (3) Written Task-they always got a high score in their written tasks and they prefer to review their notes alone than with their friends or classmates. The results demonstrate the need for the teachers and school administrators to not just guide the Bestlink students, but also to encourage and inspire them to believe and have trust to themselves. This may somehow affects their academic performance in becoming academically excellent, that’s why is very important that students must have high self-esteem. A personal development seminar or workshop must implement to help the students to boost the trust and believe to themselves. Even the parents, they should be aware that students need guidance and attention. They have issues that they are dealing with which they are not familiar yet. As parents, they have to provide an enough time to have small talk and also be their encourager to be excellent despite of the hardships they are going through.