CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Universities and colleges have no value without students, their performances play a
vital role in which to be consider as the asset to help the society develop its economy.
Senior High School is a 2-year curriculum added in secondary education enabling
students to have a better foundation before entering the higher education. It was
implemented composing of different strands such as Accountancy Business and
Management (ABM), Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM),
Technical Vocational Livelihood (TVL), Humanities and Social Sciences ( HUMSS) and
General Academic Strand (GAS). Each strand offers different majors that are related to
the course you will take in college. Also, it seemed that the SHS program has encouraged
those who dropped out to return to school. Perhaps, there was a realization that someone
who finishes senior high school would have better chances of entering the university,
college, and better chances of finding a job (Briones, 2018).
Graduate students will be receiving National Certificate II that enables them to have a
job in line with their strand specially those who took the Technical Vocational Livelihood
track. On-the-job training (OJT) or work immersion is one of the requirements for all
Senior High School students. It aims to provide them the skills they will need as they
become part of the labor force. DepEd reported that 28 percent of the graduates
belonging to technical vocational strand were hired immediately due to the “work
immersion or on the job training” requirement in SHS.
Despite all the good intentions by various government to build a good educational
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system there is alarming reports about poor performance of students in Senior High
School in the country (Sumaila, 2017). A lot of students failed to graduate due to different
factors. According to Stephan & Schaban, 2002, the factors affecting the students’
performance are the following:
Psychological - behavior of the students; Economic - students does not participate due
to lack of learner’s module, materials and the like; Social - there are students who lack of
confidence; Personal - these includes family and financial problem; and Environmental
Factor - this is due to the school environment, people within the institution.
Mostly of the previous scholars focused on the issues like teacher education, class
environment, gender difference, teaching style, family educational background and
socioeconomic factor.
Tabango Senior High School, Tabango, Leyte is a school institution that offers an
Accountancy, Business and Management, and Humanities and Social Sciences. There are
over 70 students in ABM strand and over 300 students in HUMSS. Numbers of students
are consistent of having a good performance but most of them are not.
It was the aim of this study to determine the different factors affecting the student’s
performances in Tabango Senior High School Students S.Y. 2019-2020.
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Statement of the Problem
The researcher aimed to comprehend the various factors affecting the student's
performances. The study seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 Name
1.2 Age
1.3 Gender
1.4 Parent’s Monthly Income
1.5 Parents’ Civil Status
1.6 Parents’ highest education attainment
2. What are the factors affecting the academic performance of the students in Tabango Senior
High School-Stand Alone?
3. Is there a significant difference between the factors affecting the academic performance of
the respondents when grouped recording to the profile variables in problem 1?
Significance of the Study
The researcher aimed to determine the factors affecting the academic performance of
TSHS students, as this was studied the following were the beneficiaries:
School Administrators. The result of this study would be beneficial to them.
Teachers. The result would help them as a mentor, in that case, they can come up with a
good solutions that would enable students to be more active.
Parents. The result would help them as they are the one who encourage their children to
aim high in school, as they would be more affected by the performances of their student. The
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findings of the study would serve as a guide on how to come up with a good solutions.
Students. The result would be essential to the students as they were the primary target of
this study.
Scope and Delimitation
The scope and delimitation of this study includes the location. Tabango Senior High
School, Tabango, Leyte was the setting.
This study aimed to comprehend the factors affecting the academic performance of the
students in Tabango Senior High School- Stand Alone for the School Year 2019-2020. The
target respondents were the Tabango Senior High School students who has a bad and good
academic performances. The researcher gathered the data through questionnaires.
This study would give you a recommendation that would help everyone, especially those
students who had bad academic performance, on how to coped with those factors that
affected their studies.
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