FACTORS AFFECTING THE CLASS ATTENDANCE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Factors Affecting the Class Attendance of Senior High School in Technical Vocational

Livelihood

Baliza, Christine Joyce

Kabigting, Daniela

Mangalino, Crisel Joy

Pamintuan, Lovely

This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Senior High School

Pasig National High School

February2018

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Approval Sheet
This thesis titled “Factors affecting the class attendance of Senior High School
in Technical Vocational Livelihood”, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Senior High School Program has been examined and found in order and is hereby
recommended for acceptance and approval for oral examination.

Richard M. Payawal
Adviser

Thesis Committee

PAOLO LUIGI D. MACARAYO

Chairman
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Member Member

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Member

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Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Senior High School.

MARIBETH S. SANTOS
Principal III

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Acknowledgement

First and foremost, praises and thanks to the God, the Almighty, for His shower of
blessings and giving us knowledge and wisdom throughout our research work to complete
the research successfully.

We would like to express our deep and sincere gratitude to our research adviser,
Mr. Richard M. Payawal for providing invaluable guidance throughout this research. It
was a great privilege and honor to work and study under his guidance. We are extremely
grateful on his generosity and kindness for allowing us to use his research to be our
reference.

We would also like to show our gratitude to Mr. Paolo Luigi Macarayo, our
Investigative Inquiries and Immersion teacher, for giving us the opportunity to do research.
We would like to thank him for his sincerity, kindness, and patience in teaching us to carry
out the research and to present the research works as clearly as possible. It is also a great
privilege and honor to work and study under his guidance.

We are extremely thankful to our parents for their love, prayers, care, and
sacrifices for educating and preparing us for our future. We are grateful for their support
and for providing us financial to complete this research work.

We would like to say thanks to our friends and classmates for their constant
encouragement, support, and for sharing their knowledge throughout the research.

To our participants who participated in this study, we would like to express our
gratitude for your cooperation and for allotting time for us to complete the research.

Finally, our thanks go to all people who have supported us to complete the
research work directly or indirectly.

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Table of Contents

Page

Title Page………….………………………………………………………………

Approval Sheet……………………………………………………………………

Acknowledgement….……………………………………………………………..

Table of Contents ….………………………………………………………………

Chapter 1: The Problem and its background

Statement of the Problem …………………………………………………..

Significance of the Study………………………………………………........

Scope and Limitation ……………………………………………….............

Definition of Terms ………………………………………………..……….

Chapter 2: Methods

Research Design ……………………………………………………............

Participants …………………………………………………………............

Ethical Consideration ……………………………………………….............

Research Instrument .………………………………………………………..

Data Gathering ……………………………………………………................

Data Analysis …………………………………………………………..…….

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Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Many people agree that the most important tool you can receive in life is education

which brings us towards success. The more knowledge you build up, the more opportunity

will open to allow the individuals to achieve their goals.

According to Nelson Mandela (2013), education is the most powerful weapon

which you can use to change the world. It means that education is so powerful tool which

can transform an individual, a community and the whole word in perpetuity.

Student achievement cannot be attained without regular class attendance. According

to the study of Balfanz and Byrnes (2012) when a student continually fail to come to school

or consistently tardy in their class, their academic performances declines.

Schools strive for a common goal. That common goal is to mold the students, help

them enhance their skills and to have an outstanding academic performance. The school-

system has always wanted the best learning environment for students. However, schools

also deal with many obstacles that hinder student achievements. Issues which hinder

student-success are numerous. This study is focused on the causes, effects, and solution of

absenteeism.

The student who does not come in school regularly, not attended the class are called

absent. Some student come in school but not attended the class are also classified as absent.

Absenteeism is a period of time when a student does not school. In the study

conducted by Reid (2005) truancy is like absenteeism but truancy is an unexcused absence

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from school or classes which parents typically do not know. According to Reid (2005)

absenteeism begin in primary school and continues to secondary school.

In the study of Spring (2007) the system of public school always wanted the most

successful learning environment for student through the history of the school system,

schools dealt with many issues that impacted success. However, the issues that interfered

with the success of school were numerous.

Student were absent from school for a variety of reasons, the absences were defined

into two categories. The categories included the excused absences and unexcused or truant

absences. According to the study of Reid (2005) excused absences were defined as

absences that had a legitimate reason. Absences that had no legitimate reason were defined

as truancy or unexcused absences.

Academic success was correlated to student attendance. Students who were

chronically absent or tardy to classes were more likely to struggle academically and affect

their class performance according to Cash and Duttweiler (2005). Reid (2005) said that the

main reason to absenteeism were the peers or influence of friends, teachers relation, interest

in the class, financial, bullying and learning abilities. Incidentally, this study will explore

which among the aforementioned factors are evident among senior high school students

under the technical vocational strand.

Students who missed classes’ faces consequences according to Spring (2007)

regardless of the reason, lost the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge needed to be

academically successful.

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The public education system problem was absenteeism. Schools had to identify the

reasons and what ways were appropriate to start to solve the problem. One study suggested

that personality traits had a direct relation or effect to school absenteeism. Louncbury et al

(2004) said that there are four aspects of personality traits were related to absenteeism.

Those four areas included aggression, optimism, tough mindedness and work drive.

Students that were less aggressive had a more positive outlook on school, dealt well with

adversity and had a solid work ethic were more likely to be present in successful

individuals. The researchers will explore what traits will be evident to the participants of

this study.

Schools had different strategies trying to lessen chronic absenteeism and tardiness

to classes. Some schools tried to reach out their help to those students that were typically

absent from school through intervention programs according to the study of Reid (2005).

Martin et al (2002) started that other schools used individual plans to best meet the needs of

the student that include behavior change programs, tutoring, teachers advocates,

partnership with businesses, truancy court advocates and counseling for students and

parents. Spring (2007) defined absenteeism a not simple problem. In fact, it continued to be

a major problem in public schools. Many schools had experienced success controlling

absenteeism by using prevention and intervention programs to help curb the situation. On

the contrary, many also had continue to struggle.

In the study of RI Kids Count (2007) students who did not attended school for a

long period of time or frequently misses school are classified as truant. These student for

go opportunities to learn. Furthermore, RI Kids Count (2007) concluded in the same study

that absenteeism increases with each grade level and students gradually become more

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disengaged from school. Reid (2005) supported this idea and stated that absenteeism begin

in primary school and continue into secondary school which makes early intervention

necessary to try to prevent students from continuing on this path throughout their

educational experiences. The same observation was noted by the researcher in their

research locale which is the main reason as to why this study is being conducted.

Smirk and Reimer (2005) said that regardless of the type of absence from school.

School addressed the impact and consequences of the issues. Absences were found to

impact achievement levels on all student learning. Teasley (2004) said that truancy and

absenteeism have become a large problem with students today and receives little attention

due to the abundance of other issues and priorities that social workers and other service

agencies are face with.

Absenteeism and truancy is an ongoing problem. Even though many programs have

been put into place to control truancy rates, they may have done just the opposite. Teasley

(2004) states that there are short term consequences to students who commit absences from

school such as falling behind in school work, low educational success, poor social skills,

and isolation from friends. Long term consequences are related to joblessness and lowered

income. The consequences a student will face is not only limited to educational

consequences but legal consequences as well such as juvenile delinquency, alcohol and

drug use, and sexual promiscuity at illegal ages.

There are also factors that are often not recognized to student absenteeism this are

weather and transportation problem. Teasley (2004) stated that severe weather issues could

contribute to a student not being able to leave their home, transportation issues such as

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tricycles not becoming accessible or the car not starting, can affect a student’s ability to go

to school.

Statement of the Problem

The study aimed to develop a paradigm regarding truancy in Pasig National High

School. This statement targeted the following questions:

1. How may the causes of absenteeism be described?

2. How may the effects of absenteeism be described?

3. What solution may be proposed to reduce absenteeism?

Significance of the study

The information in this study is important and will be beneficial to the following:

School Administrator: the result of this study will contribute to understanding the nature

of absenteeism. It will describe the causes, effects and possible solutions for the entire

school to use. The study will help the school and administrators to identify the cases of

absenteeism in Technical Vocational Learners of Senior High School and make a possible

action to reduce absenteeism.

Teachers: this study will help teachers recognize the factors that affect their class

attendance. Through this study, teachers will be able to come up with solutions for

absenteeism to reduce failure rate and save students at risk for dropping-out.

Guidance Counselors: the findings of this study will enhance the efforts and intervention

programs of guidance counselors in minimizing truancy among students.

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Students: this study will help students realize the essence of education. It will create

awareness in understanding the situation of absentees and realize the effects of long-term

truancy.

Future Researchers: this study may help the future researchers to make another related

study on a more detailed research.

Scope and Delimitation

In an attempt to investigate the issue concerning the factors that affects the class

attendance of Senior High School in Technical Vocational Livelihood among grade 12

students, the study was conducted in Pasig National High School in Candaba Pampanga.

The study utilized five student-participants who had the most number of absent

including the unexcused absences and cutting classes. Also the study included four class

adviser-participant and the Senior High School guidance counselor. All participants were

from Pasig National High School where the students and teachers were under grade 12

curriculum during the School Year 2017- 2018.

Definition of Terms

To better understand this study, the following terms were at this moment

operationally and technically defined:

Absenteeism- is a tendency to be away from school without a good reason. The

habit of being absent from school.

Attendance- the number of people present at an event, meeting, etc. The record of

how often a person goes to classes.

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Tardiness- this pertained to students who prioritize going somewhere else and be

late than leading straight to class on time.

Truancy- an act or instance of playing truant. An intentional absent from school

without the knowledge of parents or authorization from teachers.

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Chapter 2

METHODS

This chapter is intended to present the research design, sampling technique, the

research instrument, data collection, and gathering, ethical consideration, and data analysis.

Research Design

This study is a qualitative research method that will utilize phenomenological

approach. A phenomenological approach focuses on what people experienced in regard to

some phenomenon and how they interpret those experiences.

Phenomenology involves gathering the lived experiences of individuals, and if these

experiences are unique and largely unstudied, then a phenomenological study can generate

thick descriptions of great value for understanding a problem that has not been well

studied. However, the results of phenomenological studies are, largely not generalizable

beyond the sample. These results can be very useful for scoping the dimensions of an

unstructured problem, and gaining sufficient knowledge theory and an understanding of

variables pertaining to the problem.

Researchers will look for participants that share common experiences regarding the

issue absenteeism and conduct an interview.It is in the in interview that the participants will

have a chance to explain what the specific ‘phenomenon feels like, what it reminds them

of, and how they would describe it’ (Leary, 2010)

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This study will explore the description, causes, and effects of absenteeism among

the student-participants. By sharing their experiences, the teacher-participants and guidance

designate were able to generate possible solutions to the issue absenteeism.

Participants

This study will explore the personal and actual experiences of participants on

absenteeism. The student-participants were the Grade 12 learners in Technical Vocational

Livelihood of Senior High School, the researcher will intentionally select the participants

who have incurred the most number of days being absent during the first semester.

Also, to come up with a better solution in the future with the issue absenteeism,

Grade 12 advisers and the Senior High School guidance counselor will participate in the

study. They will provide information and help the researchers generate solution to the

absenteeism.

The study will be using the purposive type of sampling. In purposeful sampling, the

researcher will select the participants intentionally. Apurposive sampling technique is

particularly useful in this research where we need to explore the lived experiences of the

participants.

All participants will be from the Grade 12 level of Pasig National High School. The

information they will provide will serve as the basis for determining the causes, effects, and

solutions to absenteeism.

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Ethical Consideration

All of the information which will be gathered after the interview coming from the

participants will be treated as a whole rather individually. Issues regarding truancy are

considered sensitive therefore it should also be treated with utmost confidentiality. The

participants will be informed that in the study, each of them will be anonymously treated

throughout the study.

Informed consents will be secured from the participants as this is one of the

essential tools for establishing rapport and respect for the participants during research. The

purpose of securing consent was to know the expectations in a research, including the

amount of time likely to be required for participation, the possible risks and benefits,

including psychological and social, that it is voluntary and that withdrawal of the

participants at any time with no negative impact is possible, and that confidentiality of the

participants will be given importance.

Instrument

The instrument that will be used in this is study is a semi structured interview where

in the researchers will prepare particular set of predetermined questions in advance which

are based from the problem being studied.

A face to face interview will be utilized to intensely gain the insights of the

participants regarding absenteeism. Questioning enables participants to speak in their voice

and express their thoughts and feelings during an interview (Berg, 2007). Furthermore, a

good qualitative interview has two key features: it must flow naturally, and it is detailed

(Dornyei, 2007).

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Moreover, three Master of Arts in teaching in the school will validate the interview

guide utilized in this study. They will evaluate the interview guide questions according to

the relevance to the research objectives and correctness of the language structure used.

Data Gathering

Figure 1

Illustrates the data gathering procedure used in this study.

Seek permission to conduct the study will be

obtain

Secure the informed consent

Provide a short briefing will be given to the

participants

Conduct the interview using interview guide

Figure 1. Data Gathering Procedure

In the initial stage of the paper, the researcher will obtain the permission of the

principal of Pasig National High School to conduct the study. Furthermore, they will secure

the informed consent of each participant in the study. The researcher will give a short

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briefing concerning the nature and purpose of the research a week before the actual

interview.

Using the interview guide tool for accessing student-participants experiences on the

cause and effect of absenteeism. The interviewer will conduct the interview only once.

During the interview, the interviewer will provide the participants an opportunity to add

any further information, asks questions or alter previously said data during the follow-up

interview. Each interview will be audio-recorded. After completing the interview, the

recordings will be transcribe verbatim and transform the recordings to texts for analysis and

categorization.

Furthermore, teacher-advisers and guidance designate will be interview in a focus

group discussion and will be ask questions about the possible solutions to address issues on

absenteeism. This type of interview is essential in order to obtain practical suggestions and

recommendations. The interviewer will utilize this to collect high-quality data in a group

context (Patton, 2002). Furthermore, it will primarily help to understand a definite problem

from the viewpoint of the participants of research. Focus group provides a more natural

environment than that of the interview.

Like the process used for the student-participants, the researchers will obtain an

informed consent and audio-recorded the focus group discussion. The researcher will

transcribe the recordings word for word and analyze them.

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Data Analysis

Figure 2

Present the data analysis process which will be applied in this study.

Data collected will be transcribe and then

divided into units

Key point coding will be used to assign key

terms to each unit.

Codes with commonalities will be group into

concepts.

Similar concepts will be analyzed to form

themes / categories.

The conceptual framework will be illustrated

by presenting the topics in a figure.

Figure 2. Data Analysis Process

After gathering all the data of the study, an analysis will be made. Qualitative data

analysis focused on classification and interpretation of data. According to Richard (2009)

Appropriate data analysis requires one to stay close to his data and interpret it from position

of empathic understanding.

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The interview data will be audio-recorded and the interviewer’s notes will be

transcribed. During transcription, the researcher will listen to the tape recordings and

simultaneously encoded everything that has been said on the audio or video. After the

transcription, the data will be extract into units of meanings through key point coding. The

list of units of important meaning from each interview will be carefully examined to form

codes which will eventually be grouped into concepts. Afterwards, these similar

perceptions will be cluster to form themes or emerging topics and finally, create a

conceptual framework.

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Chapter 3

RESULTS AND FINDINGS

This chapter presents the results and findings of the collected information from the

interview with the key informants and the interview guide they provided. The researchers

thoroughly evaluated and interpreted the responses of the student-participants, teacher-

participants, and guidance designate regarding their insights on absenteeism.

Based from the results that were gathered during the interview the following

findings were obtained:

This section focuses on the research question how may the causes of absenteeism be

described by the student-participants.

Peer Influence – Involvement with peers of the participants was confirmed by the

participants as a risk factor that triggered the student to be absent. Below are the responses

aligned with this argument:

“Ali ku lulub kasi madalas atin kaming lakad mibabarkada.”

[I do not attend our class because we often have get together
with my peers.]S1

“Page ali la lulub deng barkada ku ali ku rin lulub.”[If my

circle of friends will not go to school I will also not go to
school.]S2

“Minsan miagkatan kaming mibabarkada na minum tapus

atin kung hang-over kaya li kumakalub.” [Sometimes when
we get influence by peers, we will drink liquor that causes
hang-over that’s why I cannot attend our class.] S4

“Miagkatan kaming mibabarkada na ali lungub.” (We will

influence each other not to go to school.) S5

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A student skips school and encouraged to do activities outside of the school with the

reinforcement of peers (Teasley 2004). Harries (1996) claims that peer groups are more

powerful than parents in shaping values. The choice of peer group could have a profound

effect upon the academic outcome of a high school student.

Part Time Job – the need or initiative to help by means of working makes the

participants set their studies aside and be absent.

“Minsan mamasada ku para atin kungbakal.”[Sometimes I

drive our tricycle to earn money.] S1

“Magobra ku kasi magkasakit kami.” [I am working because

we are lacking in financial.]S2

“Minsan sosopan ke i bapa ku magobra para magka-extra

income.” [Sometimes I am helping my uncle to have extra
income.]S4

“Magobra ya king construction i tatay ku minsan mag-extra

ku.” [My father is working in construction site, sometimes I
go with him.] S4

Part time jobs can harm studies. Students academic work may suffer because of part

time job but because of the need of the student to support their studies they are left with no

choice but to sacrifice their studies over work. This is supported by Albert, Quimba, Ramos

and Almeda (2012) who affirmed that poverty is a major reason why children start to work

at an early age, and the reason why they do not complete their schooling. Participants also

reveal that during class hours, they are away from school because they are working during

those time.

Financial Problem – lacking of money and resources also appeared to be a cause

of absenteeism.

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“Minsan alang bakal kailangan pang mamasada.”

[Sometimes I drive our tricycle to earn money.] S1

“Minsan ing dahilan din kaya ali ku lulub financial.”

[Sometimes the reason why I am absent is because of
financial.] S2

“Kaya eku lulub minsan alangbakal.” [I do not have

allowance.] S5

Another reason that was revealed by the participants is financial difficulty. The

participants experiencing financial difficulty that causes them not to attend class. This is

espoused by Gee and Krausen (2015) who conveyed that students from low-income

families unreasonably suffer from barriers to attendance such as lack of financial resources.

Having no money also mean you can do nothing. Money is the main source of a student to

comply with projects and other school requirements. Also, money is one of the basic needs

of a student, they need money to go to school especially if they are going to ride a vehicle

in order to go to school.

Household Chores – the role of a child in the house is cleaning the house.

However, this task is also one of the barriers that affect the student in going to school.

“Minsan mamipi ku o kaya maningat kung

anak.”[Sometimes I do the laundry or take care of my
young sibling.] S2

The children were assigned by the parents to do household chores. This is one of

the role of a child in the house. Because of work obligation, the student sacrifices their

studies to finish the task given to them. This factor also affects the student to go to school

as mentioned by the student-participant. Most of the students claimed to spend much of

their time in performing household chores to the extent they had little time to engage

themselves in academic activities at home environment according to Hamad (1994)

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Bullying – unwanted behavior of a person that hurt or embarrased someone in

public. Bullying is also one of the reason why a student often not attend their class.

“Madalas eku lulub uling pin panumbukan daku ding kaklasi

ku.”[ I often not attend our class because my classmates
punch me.] S3

As mentioned by Kibriya (2015) bullying is an important issue that could affect

performance in school, which is often overlooked. Student who are experiencing bullying

in school often skip classes to avoid the bully. In order to avoid being bullied, the student

sacrifices their study.

Transportation - transportation issues such as tricycles not becoming accessible, can

affect a student’s ability to go to school.

“Lunes naku mu lulub kasi itang metung ming kaklasi

yamung meki motor maki-angkas ku mu kaya.” [I just go to
school during Monday because I do not have motorcycle and
only one of my classmate has a motorcycle whom I go with to
school.] S4

According to the Fisher (2014), a lack of reliable transportation is a primary factor

in chronic absenteeism for students, as communities have become more dependent on the

family vehicle to transport children to school. This can be a particular barrier for low-

income students, with long-term repercussions for academic achievement and career

success. Lack of transportation vehicle can affect the student in attending the class.

This section focuses on the research question how may the effects of absenteeism

be described by the student-participants.

Surpasses the lessons – surpassing the lessons affect the students academic

performance.

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“Maaapektuhan laring subject ming pang-ugtu page li ku

lulub.” [Our subjects during afternoon will be affected.] S1

“Alalampasan kula detang subject, project, ampong

assignment.” [I surpass the subjects, projects, and
assignments.] S4

“Itang activity, quizzes, alalampasan kula kasi madalas kung

mag-absent.”[ Surpasses the activities, quizzes because of
my absents.] S5

Surpassing the lessons can affect the students academic performance

Failing grade

“Dahil king pamag-absent ku milako ku panga top.”

[Because of my absents I was remove from the list of honor
student.] S2

“Mibaba ku grades tska ku milako panga top.” [My grades

fail and I was remove to the honor roll.] S5

Inability to finish studies

“Eku makayaring pamagaral.” [I will not be able to finish

my studies.] S2

This section focuses on the research question what solution may be proposed to reduce

absenteeism.

Approach the student

“Maaaring may problema sa kanyang pamilya,

masusulusyunan ito sa pamamagitan ng masinsinang pag-
uusap ng guro at ng mag-aaral at alamin kung ano ang
kanyang problemang dinaranas.” [There is a possibility that
the student has a problem regarding with their family it will

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only be solve with a consultation with the teacher and the

teacher should know the problem of the student.] T1

“Kausapin ang mag-aaral sa kanyang dinaranas na

problema.” [Talk with the student regarding their problem.]
T2

“Convince sila na mag-open up saming mga teacher para

mabigyan sila ng advice.” [Convince them to open-up with
us so that we can give them advice.] T3

“Kausapin sila at alamin yung mga rason nila.” [Ask and

talk with them with their reason.] T4

Home visitation

“Mag home visit para malaman ng kanyang magulang ang

ginagawa ng kanilang anak.” [Home visit them update their
parents about their child.] T2

“Puntahan natin sila sa bahay para malaman yung pinaka

ugat ng absenteeism.”[Visit them at home to know the root
of their absences.] T4

Boost their confidence

“Minsan siguro mahiyain kaya nag-aabsent bilang teacher

dapat matulungan din silang I boost yung confidence nila.”
[Maybe the student lack with self confidence as a teacher we
should help them in boosting their confidence.] T4

“I-involve sila sa mga activities sa school para tumaas yung

kumpyansa nila sa sarili.” [Involve them in school activities
to boost their confidence.] T1

Involve them in Activities

“I-involve sila sa mga activities sa school para tumaas yung

kumpyansa nila sa sarili.” [Involve them in school activities
to boost their confidence.] T1

Financial Support

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“Minsan baka dahil sa financial problem kaya di

pumapasok, tulungan din natin sila doon.” [Maybe
sometimes the reason why they do not go to school is because
of financial problem, we should also help them in that
case.] T4
CHAPTER 4

Conclusions and Recommendations

This chapter presents the summary of major findings, conclusion, and

recommendations of the study.

This study is intended to develop a conceptual framework based on the causes and

effects of absenteeism disclosed by the student-participants and the solutions from the

teacher-participants. Certainly, this study aimed to help schools on their fight against

absenteeism.

A qualitative research method, focusing on phenomenological study, was applied to

deliberately access the insights of students on absenteeism. The key participants in the

study were five students for the causes and effects of absenteeism and four teachers for the

solution. The key instrument used was a semi-structured questionnaire, using interview

guide, which was developed by the researchers based on the statement of the problem and

several related literature. Key point coding was also used to apply key terms through the

detailed analysis of passages of text. Collectively, codes were grouped into concepts and

further parallel into similar concepts to create theme or categories.

Summary of Findings

The significant findings of the study are summed up as follows:

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Causes of absenteeism, the student-participants exposed the factors that triggered

them to become absent. After a thorough assessment of their individual insights, six themes

or categories emerged. Peer influence, part time job, financial problem, household chores,

bullying, and transportation.

Effects of absenteeism, the student-participants explicitly expressed their

viewpoints on the possible effects of absenteeism on them. These are surpasses the lessons,

failing grade, and inability to finish studies.

Solutions to absenteeism, the viewpoints of the teacher-participants emerged to the

following solutions. Approaching the student, home visitation, boost their confidence,

involve them in activities, and financial support.

Conclusions

After having thorough analysis of the findings, the following conclusions were

derived:

Students are unable to go to school due to factors such as transportation, bullying,

household chores, financial problem, part time job, and peer influence. During the

interview these six factors were revealed by the student-participants.

Student-participants answered transportation as one of the reason why they become absent.

Lack of transportation vehicle can affect a student on attending class.

Bullying as one of the factors that affect the student to go to school is sometimes overlook.

Bullying is an important issue that can affect the performance of a student in school.

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Household chores, financial problem, and part time job takes a big influence that affect the

student to go to school. Student sacrifices their studies to fulfill their task at home, to

overcome financial problem student need to work to have money. They often neglect their

responsibility in school to fulfill their responsibilities at home.

The most influencial factor that affect the student to become absent are the peers. During

the interview the student-participants revealed that the main reason why they are not going

to school is because of peer influence. Personal involvement to peers was confirmed by the

participants as risk factor triggering absenteeism.

The participants believed that because of absenteeism they will be unable to help and

support their families in the future. They appeared to convey that supporting family is a

responsibility. Also, poor academic performance which involved poor grades, failing

grades, no learning and difficulty balancing work and studies are aftermath of their

absences. They also have uncertainties in one’s future, difficulty finding a job, no

permanent job and the tendency to be poor.

For students who experience financial difficulties, especially for less fortunate yet

deserving students, supporting them with their financial needs may be considered. In

addition, teacher’s role in motivating the students by providing moral support, and

developing their talents and skills in sports and other activities may encourage them to push

through with their studies. Further, learning and behavior modification start at home. Home

visitation is also suggested to be a solution that can reduce absenteeism. Approaching the

student is needed to reduce absenteeism

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