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The Problem and Its Background
The Problem and Its Background
Introduction
upright citizenry. The education of the youth, therefore, is basic to the nation’s freedom,
security, and prosperity. This is clearly mandated in 1987 Philippine Constitution which
state that “The state should protect the rights of all citizens to quality education of all
levels of education and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to
all”
The Philippine Constitution further. “It shall be compulsory for every parent or
guardian or other persons having custody of any child to enroll such child in the public
school.
there is still much to be desired in the educational set-up of the nation. The problem of
youth at-risk students remains in spite of free and compulsory elementary and secondary
education.
At-risks students are one of the most prominent problems in the educational era
interventions made by the Philippine government for the past twenty years, having some
school leavers is still a prevailing situation. This is the reason why schools have a
challenging role in providing services for these young individuals who turned out to be
at-risks. Students who are labeled at-risk, according to DepEd Memo No. 36, series of
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2014, refers to a learner who finished a senior high level, stopped schooling and then re-
school is considered as the second home and have a critical and active role in
socialization, as their various academic and social activities mold student’s beliefs, values
and attitudes. Being at-risk students are one of the main problem in the educational era
that the researchers continue to find an effective solution for students’ better future.
In this regards the present study was conducted to understand youth at-risk of
dropping outand intervention program that help them to succeed and come up with an
interview questions that may categorize their perceptions to formulate needed theme to
provide proper intervention, in order to answer the main research question. To find out
about “Understanding Youth At-Risk of Dropping Out and Intervention Programs among
Senior High Students in Pagalanggang National High School” for the School Year: 2018-
2019.
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
They not only need caring and concerned adults in their lives, but also long for
adults who willingly make the effort to understand them and who believe in them. And,
they do want to learn, contrary to what many people believe. According to Conrath
(1994), this is the central, however covert, message our troubled youth are sending adults.
The primary objective is to help kids build their self-esteem, self-confidences, and an
internal sense of responsibility. He tells those individuals when working with troubled
youths to always remember “the most important work in the world is going on: learning;
gaining self-reliance; participating in the culture” (Conrath, 1994, p. 44). The fruits of our
labors may not always be immediate. In fact, according to research, it oftentimes takes
years before we see the desired changes in the behaviors and attitudes of our more
The problem isn’t going to disappear any time soon. There are no doubt
challenges are a mainstay in our schools. Its customers, our youth, inherently generate
insignificant uprisings regularly and will continue to do so while schools are inexistence.
But there is a deeper, more profound issue lurking within our schools. Shadowing the so-
called “well-adjusted student,” are the youth falling victim to an extensive range of risk
factors that make them a member of a growing population of diverse youths labeled “at-
risk.” Those risk factors, described Morris (2000, p. 4) “arelow achievement, retention in
grade, behavior problems, poor attendance, low socioeconomic status, and attendance at
schools with large numbers of poor students.” Youth who have been afflicted with many
risk factors will drop out earlier than others (Kronick, 1997). McMillian and Reed (1994)
however, have a different perspective on students at-risk. For some students at-risk, it
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has been their exposure to these same risk factors that helped in their developing the
necessary coping skills enabling them to triumph over their adversities. These “youth at-
The trouble associating academic success with the symptoms of “at-risk” is that it
seldom, if ever, co-exists. Even though not all students at-risk perform inadequately
academically, most do, and it “begins early in their school experiences” (Lundenberg,
1999.). In such cases, one will triumph over the other, academic success usually suffering
defeat.
School intervention programs should be in place for the rebound if they are to
keep their students in school. But what will it take? Roderick said:
“Reducing dropout rates also requires that we have a base of knowledge of the
characteristics of the school he or she attends influences the course of his or her
Alspaugh (1998) supported the same view that the organizational structure and
overall climate of the school can test youth at-risk. School organizational characteristics
According to Bonilla et.,al (cited in Lunenburg, 1999, n.p.), the at-risk problem
with our youth has become a nationwide problem that “has social and economic
implications for individuals and for society.” General Colin Powell made the following
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statement at a Philadelphia convention when George W. Bush was nominated as a
“We either get back to the task of building our children the way we know how, or
we’re going to keep building jails in America. And it is time to stop building
jails in America, and get back to the business of building our children”. (Cassel,
2001)
President George W. Bush’s goal for education is to leave no child behind. But
there are those who are concerned this can only be a dream, because it is not reality.
Gussner (2001) wrote that obstacles will continue to prevail for those youth and their
families afflicted by the poverty that has governed them over generations. There has been
providing educational and transitional services for these students. The youth’s words are
rich with lessons for all to learn. A few examples youth shared in describing their
reasons for their struggles included having problems at home, problems with peers, the
teachers don’t care about them, they got mixed up with drugs and alcohol, unsatisfactory
This literary review took a closer look at the youth identified as at-risk to see what
strides high schools have taken to (1) identify their students at-risk (2) understand the
problems enveloping youth at-risk (3) enhance their student’s learning experiences at
school, and (4) challenge their students to stay in school. Sanders and Sanders (1998)
said one way to keep students in school is to help them feel like they belong and to make
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school more interesting. But in order for any plan to work will require the combined
efforts and talents of students, educators, parents, community members (public and
private), and business leaders coming together to address and meet the needs of their
youth at-risk.
The study aims to answer about “Understanding Youth At-Risk of Dropping Out
and Intervention Programs among Senior High Students in Pagalanggang National High
1.1 Age;
1.2 Sex;
2.1 Family;
2.2 Financial;
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2.3 Academic;
2.5 Self-esteem?
5. Implication of this study to the Pagalanggang National High School especially to the
the School Year 2018-2019. This study involved senior high students who were qualified
as students at-risk where selected as respondents in order to have concise and detailed
presentation of the data needed to make comprehensive and cohesive study. It includes
respondents profile as to age, sex, academic performance, family income and marital
status of parents which specifies the general information of the respondents, and also it
may include; family, financial, academic, peer and self-esteem problems were also
identified for students who are having difficulties in going to school that lead them to
become at-risk students. Through a close coordination with the teacher-advisers, a careful
identification of forty-one (41) students at-risk was done using the At-Risk Student
Qualification Checklist. Twenty-three (23) at-risk students in grade eleven (11) including
four different strands such as; General Academic Strand (GAS) with nine (9)
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Livelihood (TVL) Agriculture with five (5) respondents and Technical-Vocational
Livelihood (TVL) Computer System Servicing (CSS) with four (4) respondents.
Meanwhile, eighteen (18) at-risk students in grade twelve (12), such as; Technical-
Humanities and Social Sciences (HumSS) with four (4) respondents andGeneral
Academic Strand (GAS) with six (6) respondents were selected using convenience
The findings and result of the following were deemed to give beneficial to the
Students. They are the considered the primary beneficiaries of this study. Results
of the study may help to motivate students in going to school and reduce the increasing
numbers of senior high students who have low academic performance for the next school
year. Building their resilience skills will lead them to be successful in life despite of their
struggles; and this study will provide and give them a factual information about the
Parents. This study will help the parents and guardians of student who want to
collaborate with the school system in order to create positive influences coming from
family members so that their academic performance will not be affected. Moreover, it is
also hoped that this study will be an avenue for the parents and the guardians to realize
their great importance in the school life of their children especially in providing support
for the students’ academic career, personal, moral, emotional and social-development.
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Teachers. This study will guide them in promoting positive developments of
students who have low academic performance, helping these students to cope in their
schooling in order for them to stay and learn more in school. Outcome of the study may
serve as guide on the approach of teaching and guidance needed by the students who
high at-risk students. The results of the study will guide school administrators to provide
them proper management activities and to continuously seek for improved learning
Department of Education. The result of this study will help the Department of
Education in putting up an effective way, information and guidance system that will plays
a very helpful role in guiding students for applying the best way to easily adopt the new
curriculum. To formulate policies that will improve the all on promoting wider access to
Future Researchers. The results of the study may provide valuable source and
reference of data. This may also lead them to discover new avenues for scientific
exploration.
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NOTES IN CHAPTER I
Conrath, J. (1994). Our other youth. Lopez Island, WA: Jerry Conrath
Morris, R. (2000). Curriculum for at-risk students. Carrollton, GA: State University of
Kronick, R. (1997). At-risk youth: Theory, practice, reform. New York: Garland
Publishing, Inc.
McMillan, J., & Reed, D. (1994). At-risk students and resiliency: Factors contributing
Roderick, M. (1993). The path to dropping out: Evidence for intervention. Westport,
Cassel, R. (2001, Spring). Interpreting General Colin Powell’s notion of a high school
Gussner, W. (2001, April 19). Schools alone can’t make sure no child is left behind. St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, 7.
476-484.
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Sanders, J., & Sanders, R. (1998). Anti-dropout interventions. The Education Digest,
64 (4), 33-34
CHAPTER II
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter presents the relevant theories, related literature and studies,
conceptual framework, hypotheses of the study, and definition of various terms use in the
studies.
RELEVANT THEORIES
Ecological Systems Theory, the Theory of Reasoned Action by Martin Fishbein (2011)
One theory that has bearing on the present study is Ecological Systems Theory
explain how everything in a person and his environment affects how a he grows and
influences within and between four nested environmental systems. The ecological
immediate contexts such as home and school; an exsosystem which includes external
which indicates larger cultural settings like the culture or socioe-conomic status of the
community. The theory asserts that in order to examine a person’s development, not only
that affects of individual and immediate social contexts but also the interaction with
help explain the social functioning of student at-risk and understand the influence of
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adversity on developmental trajectories within educational contexts and other ecological
systems.
The theory is relevant to the present study since that the behavior of the students
can be fully understood by exploring the various eco logical systems to which they are
part of or privy at. These ecosystems will provide very essential data in understanding
whether the students will develop convenient or abnormal behavior that will put them in
among the student at-risks of dropping outs groups. The present study explores and
understands these ecological systems, although not directly stated in the problem. These
are the embedded when understanding the homesickness, academic, family, friend circle
and self-esteem problems of the students which are actually results of their interactions
Also, one of the pillar theories of this study is that of Attribution Theory by
Heider and Weiner. Heider (2010) in the study of L. Lumanog (2015) was the first to
propose a psychological theory of attribution, but Weiner and colleagues (e.g. Jones et al,
1972: Weiner, 1974, 1986) developed a theoretical framework that has become a major
“commonsense” psychology. In his view, people were like amateur scientists, trying to
understand other people’s behavior by piecing together information until they arrived at a
Though they have slightly different connotations about attribution theory, their
theories are of relevance in this present study. Attribution theory could been best explain
how students through attribution of their behavior to that of other people, have engaged
in truancy and dropping out in school. Generally, the causes of student’s absenteeism and
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dropouts could be deemed internally in them and externally by the environment
surrounding them. Which of which, students still manifest such behaviors due to certain
influences where their present attitude could somehow be attributed. Most of students
perceived negatively about the people and the school they are with. Due to their
subjective judgment, they commit things that lead them to leave the class and drop out. It
is worthy to note that this particular theory promotes choices in behavior and everyone is
accountable and responsible for such (Attribution Theory (Heider). Copyright 2011 by 12
This theory is relevance with the present study in a way that it identifies different
problems of students inside and outside the school and how it influenced them to skip
Another theory that has bearing on the present study is Martin Fishbein and Icek
Ajzen’s (2011) Theory of Reasoned Action. This theory states that the main determinant
of the behavior of the people is their intention which is influenced by their attitude like
their or negative evaluations developed from behavioral beliefs and subjective norm like
them perceive social pressure to comply with important others’ wishes formed from
normative beliefs. Hence, the theory assumed that a person will engage in behavior (that
increased by a behavior being evaluated as positive by other people and believe that
significant others want them to engage it. Attitude is determined by a person’s beliefs
about the outcomes or attributes of performing a specific behavior that is, behavioral
beliefs, weighted by evaluations of those outcomes or attributes. On the other hand, the
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subjective norm of a person is determined by whether important referents, that is, people
who are important to the person, approve or disapprove of the performance of a behavior
or the normative beliefs, weighted by the person’s motivation to comply with those
referents.
The theory is relevant to the present study since it explored some of the important
variables that are perceived to have influenced in developing of youth at-risk for truancy
in senior high students at Pagalanggang National High School for the school year 2018-
2019. Also, the theory is an example of an expectancy- value models which provide a
framework for understanding the relationship between a person’s attitudes and their
underlying beliefs. Outcome expectancy is the belief that a given behavior like the
problems and needs of the students will lead or will not lead to a given outcome like
All the theories mentioned are relevant to the present study since it looks inside
the world of the adolescent and provide a stable and concrete, empirical system of
understanding their development as person and challenges they face during this stage.
The theories help to understand the needs of the students as they enter puberty stage and
whether these needs are contributory to their problems. Also, the theories help in
understanding the problems of the students and how these problems exist, develop and
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RELATED LITERATURES
Foreign Sources
(2017), youngsters between the ages of 8 and 14 begin to confide less in parents and
more in peers and to be more influenced by those peers for assistance in making
decisions about what behavior to adopt. The intensity of criminal behavior slackens after
the teens and it continues to decline with age. The individual offending rates tend to
speak in late adolescence then drop off in early adulthood. The increase in age attracted
increase in the rate of delinquency. As the adolescence grows older he/she has more
courage to try out new things, more criminal things and rebellious nature increases.
Adolescence who are convicted of delinquency at an early age are more likely to develop
anti-social attitudes later in life. They develop low educational achievement, declining
opposed to authoritarian parentings are less likely to turn to peers for advice for they have
parents.
Sex. Males are more involved in delinquent behavior than females (Violato, et al.
2011) in the study of L. Gerella (2017). One of the explanations of the higher level of
delinquency in males than in females is that etiology of delinquency may differ for males
and females. Males may be more vulnerable to risk factors for delinquency such as
inadequate parenting than females. The risk factors for delinquency are the same for
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males and females but that males are exposed to risk factors more than females. For an
instance, there is a stronger effects of parenting in girls while others conclude that the
family is more important to boys. A possible explanation for this finding is that children
have the tendency to model the behavior of the parent with the same sex and yet it is also
differences in anti-social behavior, with boys having higher prevalence rates or symptom
levels than girls. The sex of the child may also impact the relationship between parenting
practices and delinquency. Characteristics of the parents’ marriage, such as if the presents
get along with each other or not, play an important role for boys, while misbehavior of
parental control. Females were more likely to engage in crime and delinquency if they
did not have a lot of interaction with their parents and if they parent’s did not control and
Girls are higher in autonomy and more resistant to peer pressure, especially
(2017). On the other hand, boys tended to exhibit a higher level of exposure to deviant
peers than girls. Exposure to deviant peers has as effect on the behavior of both sexes but
that the effect is stronger for males. Sex many affect the age-related changes in friendship
similarity, with girls being less similar to their friends throughout adolescence because of
lower levels of similarity within the friendship and less susceptibility to peer pressure. In
general, females are more strongly monitored by their parents than are males but what
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when this morning is poor, adolescent females run a higher risk of becoming involved
with deviant peers and, as a result of this involvement, of engaging in the use of drugs.
good grades because they lack the self-restraint necessary to study and pay attention in
class (McCarthy and Hoge, 2010) in the study of L. Gerella (2017). They are more likely
to commit delinquency because they are less likely to consider the costs when
opportunities to commit crime arise. It is not the adolescents’ attitudes toward school and
parents that cause them to engage in delinquency, but rather their ability to regulate their
behavior. Meanwhile, it may be that students who work hand have less time available to
engage in delinquency. Adolescents with strong attachments to parents and teachers are
less likely to engage in delinquency, and when these attitudes are considered the effect of
grades decreases slightly. The conclusion that social bonds help explain this relationship,
terms, as an individual behavior limited to the early life course. However, academic
performance has implications that play out across life stages and on multiple levels.
Family Monthly Income. Children from high parent with adequate income, good
occupation and high status are likely provided with huge quality private education from
nursery up to university level (Ekpo and Ajake, 2013) in the study of L. Gerella (2017).
Given this opportunity, it is likely that such children will be less delinquent than their
behavior in school is associated with children from rich homes since they are the majority
in schools, on the other hand delinquent behavior in school is associated with student
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from poor homes as a result of the spillover from the society where they constitute a
larger percentage. The educational level of parents determines their status and level of
alcohol consumption and treatment of alcohol related problems. The effects of these are
seen on their children’s poor academic performance and dropping out of schools.
and much higher risk of educational failure. In particular, compared with their more
affluent counterparts, low-income adolescents receive lower grades, earn lower scores on
standardized tests, and are much more likely to drop out of high school. The cumulative
guarantees that poor and low-income adolescents arrive at young adulthood in worse
health, engaging in riskier and more dangerous behaviors, and with lower educational
attainment and more limited career prospects than their more affluent counterparts.
the most contested one. Often it is measured by parents’ (or guardians’) occupational
status, education and income, all of which are sometimes considered influential (e.g.,
Dalton et al., 2009). More frequently, only some of these factors are deemed predictive of
early school leaving. Thus, for instance, parents’ educational aspirations for their
children, is mentioned by many scholars, among whom Duchesne et al. (2014), Ishitani
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Marital Status of Parents. There is a great degree of variability within broken
home families (Apel and Kaukinen, 2010) in the study of L. Gerella (2017). Family
structures are extremely varied today not only due to the high rate of divorce and the
depending on whether the two biological parents are married or cohabitating and on
whether they have children from a previous relationship. For example, if the two
biological parents are married, the child is less likely to engage in criminal activity. If the
biological parents are only cohabitating, youth are more likely to engage in antisocial
behavior. In addition, they found that youth who reside with a single biological parent
who cohabits with a non-biological partner exhibit an unusually high rate of antisocial
behaviors, including drug and alcohol use (Hemovich and Crano, 2009) in the study of L.
Gerella (2017). Children who live with only one parent are more prone to emotional
distress, negative behavior, delinquency, and drug use. Relative to intact families,
especially in female-headed and households receive less intense and less consistent
monitoring, all of which have been associated with adolescent drug use. In some
instances, adolescents who live in mother-only households are less likely to engage in
deviant behavior and drug use than children from father-only households. Compared to
single mothers, single fathers have been shown to communicate less often with their
children. Mothers provide better overall supervision than fathers and stronger affective
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and interpersonal bonds with their children, hence, youth living with only their mothers
are less likely to become involved in delinquent behavior than those living with only their
fathers.
pointed out that students develop schemas or internal working models based on their
family experiences. Those who come from high-conflict families might develop negative
disagreements, and perceive rejection from the peer group, all of which would influence
interactions and low parental involvement, have been linked to poor peer-related
activities. On the other hand, those who have warm and supportive parents are more
likely to have positive peer-related outcomes, including greater peer acceptance and
reciprocal friendships.
Family is the first place where socialization takes place for children to learn about
their social roles in the future through interacting with their parents (Zhou, 2013) in the
study of L. Gerella (2017). Parents’ beliefs, values and behaviors have a great impact on
the adolescents’ academic achievement. Most at-risk students who experienced academic
social class, growing up with a parent who is unemployed, a teenager, a school dropout,
an illiterate, a parent who is impaired (as result of alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental
neighborhood with a such high levels of social disorganization as to leave a young child
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unprotected from abuse and violence, and with little exposure to healthy role models and
growing up with the sense that one has bleak prospects for good employment or a stable
family life and little power to affect one’s own destiny and that one is not valued by the
outside world.
Financial Problems. Mien and Thao (2015) in the study of L. Gerella (2017)
noted that the young do not have abilities to plan for their spending in meeting their day-
to-day financial obligations which may have consequential, detrimental, and negative
effect on their lives. Also, many high school students are not equipped to make sound
financial decisions. It goes to show that these situations prove that these at-risks students
do not have abilities to plan for their spending in meeting their day-to-day financial
obligations. These poor financial behaviors will have consequential, detrimental, and
negative effect on their lives at home and school. Stress results from personal financial
difficulties (Heckman, Lim and Montalto, 2014) but can also include psychological or
emotional effects. Some of the negative outcomes of financial stress are depression,
anxiety, poor academic performance, poor health and difficulty persisting towards high
school completion.
Academic Problems. Guzman and Pohlmeier (2014) stated that some students
exhibit high-risk behaviors that can adversely affect their overall development and well-
being inside the classroom, or that might prevent them from future successes and
development since their academic development is hampered. These are the students who
preparation, low expectations, or academic failure. In short, they fail to master three
essential skills which symbolizes readiness and success as they reflect- subject-matter
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mastery, general work attitude, and effective career decision-making. Education should
result in a quality learner or a student who exhibits definable behaviors that optimize
Allensworth et., al. (2012) noted that there five categories of non-cognitive factors related
academic mindsets, learning strategies, and social skills or the six areas with related
processing; values; learning skills; intrapersonal skills; and thinking skills. These skills
are integral to the students’ learning which responds to a societal need for quality learners
and performers with activities that address each aspect of the learner’s profile. Some of
the risk factors that may lead to academic failure included lack of motivation for
performing well, low level of self-respect and self-esteem, limited key social skills, lack
of goal clarity, limited communication skills, lack of strong role models, being
Peer Problems. Peer qualities and peer behaviors have long been recognized as
among the most important determinants of student outcomes (Liu, 2010) in the study of
L. Gerella (2017). Peer effects in education usually include the impact of social
interactions between individual student and other students in the same school or
classroom, rather than the interactions between the student and families or teachers. For
example, parents tend to seek for better companies for their children through residential
choices and other school choice options. Many controversial education policies, such as
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vouchers, school desegregation, and ability tracking, intend to improve student
performance through changing the composition of peers. The most problematic issue is
that families and students usually choose schools and peer groups where they share
(2017). It reflects how the individual views and values the self at the most fundamental
feeling about self that may become more or less positives and negatives as individuals
encounter and interpret success and failures in their daily lives. Likewise, it is an intrinsic
and universal part of human experience ad it is a key concept for explaining the “inherent
secrets” of human behavior as a cure for social and individual problems. Self-esteem I
Local Sources.
Age. As the children enter their teen years, delinquency escalates rapidly and then
declines almost as rapidly as they enter their late teens and early twenties (Amone-
P’Olak, Burger, Huisman et, al. 2011) in the study of L. Gerella (2017). It is also
relationship, with delinquent peer associations preceding delinquency, but then with
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and delinquent peer association increase with age. This is due to the fact that youth in
transition from childhood to adolescence are likely to still remain under the control of
whose influence and social support are strong enough to override conventional
authorities.
for a number of problems, including depression. For example, early maturating girls have
a higher risk for depression, substance abuse, disruptive behaviors, and eating disorders.
Likewise, boys who physical development is out of synch with their peers are at
increased risk for problems. Early maturing boys have more likely to be involved in high-
risk behaviors such as sexual activity, smoking, or delinquency. Although early physical
maturation does not appear to pose as many problems for boys as it does for girls, late
maturation seems to place boys at greater risk for depression, conflict with parents, and
school problems. Because of their smaller stature, late maturing boys may also be at
(2017) noted the academic performance is one of the strongest and most consistent
failure. Weak students turn to crime for enjoyment, money, status, and self-esteem
because they cannot or do not obtain these rewards in school. Also, low grades are
negative experiences that lead to criminal behavior. It is the social evaluations that
adolescents receive in the form of grades that have a causal effect on whether they
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performance motivates them to commit crime. Adolescents with weak bonds to school
and parents are more likely to engage in delinquency because the costs of transgression
are lower. For example, they have less attachment to teachers and parents, and thus are
not particularly concerned about alienating either if they get into trouble. Also, because
they have less commitment to academic pursuits, the costs of delinquency and
The findings are consistent with a growing body of research that has identified
early signals of academic failure and high school dropout. These signals include course
California’s high school graduation rate suggest that investments, such as raising teacher
quality, reducing class size, publicly funded pre-school, head start, and after school
programs are likely to yield positive returns, albeit at a greater cost to state and local
governments.
The increasingly high number of at-risk middle and high school students – those
major co9ncern in education today. At-risk students show persistent patterns of under-
achievement and of social maladjustment in school, leading to their failure to finish high
school. Indeed, the local at-risk students rate averages about 25 percent (Lopez, 1989),
and for minorities, that are higher, with an average of 30 percent leaving in school before
they graduate.
show higher prevalence rates or mean symptom counts of behavioral problems (Nisar,
Ullah, Ali et, al., 2015) in the study of L. Gerella (2017). Economic status is effective in
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delinquency causation. The crime and delinquency rate from low economic status is
higher. Perhaps economic status would not account for offence and crime, but the feeling
enhanced aggression. Low quality and insufficient food, low level of living, insecurity,
low health status and parents’ employment status are effective in delinquent behavior.
Youths who work have more disposable income and are less likely to be home and more
Marital Status of Parents. For Crano, et., al (2007) in the study of L. Gerella
(2017), family disruption and delinquency, the composition of families is one aspect of
family life that is consistently associated with delinquency. Children who live in homes
with one only parent or in which marital relationships have been disrupted by divorce or
delinquency, than children who are form two parent families. Likewise, those who
association between exposure to parental divorce and marital discord while growing up
and children’s psychological distress in adulthood. Children who live in the home with
only one parent or in which marital relationship have been disrupted by divorce or
of L. Gerella (2017), parents who are controlling, use rewards and punishments for
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children from developing intrinsic motivation. These are due to many factors that hinder
parents from providing these kinds of supports to their children. In some families, parents
may be grappling with outside stressors, time and resources constraints, or unfamiliarity
with what role they might play. On the other hand, those parents who are actively involve
their children’s education and provide a stimulating learning environment at home can
help their children develop feelings of competence, control, curiosity, and positive
attitudes about academics. Also, those who hold high expectations for their children’s
learning, believe in their children’s competence, expose them to new experiences, and
encourage curiosity, persistence, and problem-solving can help their children develop an
impeding parents from participating in school activities or assisting their children with
schoolwork at home. They often report lack of time or schedule conflicts as the two most
important barriers of parent involvement and feel that, frequently, parent activities at
school are at inconvenient times. If it is hard for parents to attend the parent-teacher
conference for one of their children, it is self-evident that the degree of difficulty
increases tremendously for two or more. As such, high levels of positive family relations,
parental monitoring, rule setting, and positive reinforcement for appropriate behavior are
associated with less contact with disruptive peers, less engagement in antisocial behavior
and less substance use. Parents who provide firm discipline and monitoring of their
adolescents tend to have children who become involved with peers of similar parenting
discipline styles. Being involved in networks of this type protect against delinquency
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Academic Problems. According to Horton (2015) in the study of L. Gerella
(2017), students can be considered at-risk for achieving academic success in the school
for a variety of reasons. At-risk students may be those who have made poor choices or
decisions that negatively impacted their academics, adult students who return to higher
not identified before enrolling in the school. Further, at-risk students are likely to display
Peer Problems.Ehrlich (2008) also in the study of L. Gerella (2017) stated that
peer effects become strongest by early adolescence. Without positive peer group
interactions, serious social problems may develop. Peer rejection in early adulthood and
early adolescence, for example, is a good predictor of social and academic problems later.
classroom behavior. As such, students must foster positive peer groups early in order to
become well-adjusted adolescents and adults. Having friends in school allows the
students to learn a host of skills: group interaction, conflict resolution, and trust building,
among others. Peer approval leads to a pro-social behavior in many areas of a person’s
life, including academics which will lend to affect the self-esteem of the child, which has
(2017), self-esteem can affect students’ abilities to make and keep friends which also can
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have an impact on educational achievement due to behavioral problems. Due to the
natural tendencies that students have to compare themselves with others, those with
exceptionalities may have low self-esteem from lack of success in school, sports, and
friendships. Self-esteem, or the lack of it, can hinder motivation to learn, or develop
friendships in students, especially those students with disabilities. Also, some students
felt lower self-esteem when others disapproved of them. It seems to be a circular effect:
lower self-esteem affects learning and failure in academics or the perception of how
RELATED STUDIES
Foreign Sources
examined the relationship between academic achievement and at-risk students. Many
issues today affect the achievement gap and the ability for at-risk students to succeed.
Most data, as revealed in the studies included in this review, conclude the factors
individual students and schools. Most often, these students are not successful and
eventually drop out of school or pursue a GED. Data indicate that teacher-student
influence can affect success for at-risk students. Twelfth grade students from two high
schools in an urban school district were given the opportunity to participate in a survey.
This study investigates correlations between the dependent variable grade point average
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were run to determine if any of the independent variables predict GPA. Data from this
study indicate that the variance between the dependent variable of GPA and each of the
five independent variables is significant; however, the practicality of these results’ having
a significant influence on the GPA of the participants is minimal. The strongest variance
found was between GPA and peer influence. Other findings include a relationship
between GPA and participation in sports or activities. As GPA increases, the percentage
of students participating in sports and activities increased. The students in this study do
have positive relationships with their teachers; have a parent or caregiver encouraging
differences in high intensity pleasure, fear, and shyness. Ninety middle-school students in
the Western United States (38 males and 52 females) ranging from age 11.5 – 14.5 (mean
= 13.1) completed self-report measures of pubertal status and surgency. Results indicate
that adolescent levels of surgency increase as pubertal status increases. Age, however,
was not significantly associated with surgency levels. These results suggest that biology
In the study of Wolf (2012) in the study of L. Gerella (2017), the neurological
theory of adolescent decision making and risk taking and the dual-process decision
control processes, and deviant peers. The goals of the research were to test the relation
between decision making processes (intuitive and deliberative) and risk behaviors, to test
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the potential overlap between intuitive and deliberative decision making as described in
the more traditional dual-process models and the socio-emotional and cognitive control
examining the role of individual and social contextual factors in risk behavior. This
research is intended to strengthen, expand, and improve our existing knowledge of youth
decision making and risk behavior. Results showed that cognitive control processes and
processes and intuitive decision making were not. Deliberative decision making was
related to risk behaviors whereas intuitive decision making was not. Finally, self-
regulation and deviant peers moderated the relations between some of the socio-
“Sickness Absenteeism Rate in Iranian Schools During the 2009 Epidemic of Type A
Influenza”, they integrated that influenza pandemic was a global event in 2009 and intra
school transmission was its main spread method. This study was designed to evaluate the
absenteeism rate during the type A influenza epidemic. Four hundred and eight students
from both a guidance school and high school in the Iranian equal were recruited in this
retrospective study. The number of days of absenteeism, since the beginning of the
school year until the end of epidemic was recorded. Two hundred and thirteen students
missed school during the disease epidemic because of related causes. In other words, 581
persons whose day absences were reported during this period. The influenza pandemic
has led to an increase in the absenteeism rate and may negatively affect the academic
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performance of the students. Teaching precautionary measures is an effective tool in
Dropping Out
Stid, O’neil and Colby (2009), on their study entitled “Portland public schools:
From data and decision to implementations and results on dropout prevention” cited that
one third of high school students across the U.S. fail to get a high school diploma on
schedule; for minority students, that rate false to 50 percent; every day 7,000 students
drop out of school. They have found the figures staggering; what’s more, they have
profound consequences for equity and economic opportunity in the United State. When
compared with college graduates, dropouts earn $1 million less over their lifetimes and
are three times more likely to be unemployed. A dropout is eight times more likely to be
imprisoned during his or her lifetime than someone with a high school diploma.
Data Systems to Address the Dropout Crisis”, presented that the extent of California’s
build a robust student data system-called a Student Unit Card (SUR) system, because it
contains information on every student from entry in kindergarten to exit from college and
eventually into the labor force-in-order to accurately measure the dropout rate across
schools and colleges, hold educational institutions accountable, evaluate the effectiveness
of programs., help identify students at-risk, and assess return on educational investments.
The state can do so by building on its existing student data systems enhanced by adding
and standardizing data elements (e.g. program participation and attendance), integrating
the existing SUR from the four California education segments, linking the integrated
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SUR data file with other state and federal data files, and broadening access to the
A study carried out in 2010 entitled “Facing the School Dropout Dilemma”
conducted by Hanes T. Stuart aimed to determine the factors that contribute to learners
dropping out of the Secondary Education programmed provided the following answers as
distances to the tutorial centers, implying higher transport costs and pregnancies, lack of
family planning.
The Youth We Label At-Risk. Who are these students labeled at-risk and what
does the term really mean There are a number of definitions that labor to interpret the
meaning of at-risk. Herr (1989) suggested, “The challenge for counselor’s now and in the
future is the changing definitions of who among the diverse population of the United
States is “at-risk” (p.189). Frymier suggested interpreting at-risk as a process, and to look
at youth at- risk as a product of society. He claimed that individuals are not born at-risk,
but instead are made at-risk from the influences of society (Frymier; cited in Husby,
1998).
Morris (2016) reported that the most popular of all definitions of at-risk students
are those students who are probably not going to graduate from high school (p. 4).
Slavin, Karweit, and Madden, 1989 (as cited in Morris, 2000) said “The meaning of the
term ‘at-risk’ is never very precise, and varies considerably in practice. One possible
definition is that students who are at-risk are those who, on the basis of several risk
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The Wisconsin State Legislative, through the 1985 Wisconsin Act 29, created the
s. 118.153 Wisconsin Statute that speaks directly to the needs of students. Under the
Children At-risk Statute, “’Children at-risk’ is defined as pupils in grades 5 to 12 who are
at-risk of not graduating from high school because they failed the high school graduation
examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (d), are dropouts, or are 2 or more of the
following: One or more years behind their age group in the number of high school
credits attained, two or more years behind their age group in basic skill levels, habitual
truants, parents, adjudicated delinquents, or eighth grade pupils whose score in each
subject area on the examination administered was below the basic level, 8th grade pupils
who failed the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) 1. was below the
basic level, 8th grade pupils who failed the examination administered under s. 118.30
(1m) (am) 2., and 8th grade pupils who failed to be promoted to the 9th grade
(legis.state.wi.us).”
a stigma that encapsulates children labeled “at-risk.” The term itself reredirects attention
into believing that “at-risk” children are “problem” children or bad kids. Kronick (2014
talked about the power in language in that “the language we use affects our experiences
and thereby recreates our social reality” (p. 119). Responding to the needs of children
requires a change in attitude and assumptions that all children can learn, that we know
how to teach children at-risk, the teachings must be challenging, and that what we
produce means something (CCSSO, 2008 cited in Children At-Risk, 2010). When
attention is drawn to the problems the child is creating instead of appreciating what is
right with the child, it becomes difficult to see the strengths and talents of these children,
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many whose natural gifts go unnoticed in schools. Research has found that students at-
risk oftentimes have unique learning styles that waver differently from that of other
students. School failures for these children are usually not due to their lack of abilities,
but rather neglect on the school for their structured classroom learning policy. “Schools
must deal with the reality that different children do learn at different speeds and can
handle subjects in varying degrees of depth” (Bennett, W., Finn, C. & Cribb, J., 2010).
Schools must accommodate all children and their various learning styles by integrating
try out a variety of ways to learn and to complete tasks (Conrath, 2009). The natural
tendency seems to focus on what the child did wrong and what needs to be done rather
than try to figure out the cause for the problematic behavior (Appelstein, 2013). Some of
reality – the child’s way of sending a message that not all is going well for them.
Applestein emphasized that “reacting forcefully to disruptive behavior will often interfere
with our ability to get to the heart of the child’s message. Worse yet, such
Individuals who are “at-risk” are often viewed through narrow lenses without
looking at the broader context that contribute and preserve the at-risk behaviors. Before
any social justice is bestowed on children at-risk, the meaning of at-risk needs to be
clarified and reconceptualized (Kronick, 2010). Conrath (2006) concurred that negative
labels are destructive in that they lead the child through a laboring school experience
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where they eventually become discouraged, defeated, and finally, drop out of school.
Woolfolk (2015) cautioned that applying a label, such as at-risk, can be harmful because
a person is too complex to be described in only one or two words. The label itself
misrepresents the person by becoming the focal point implying that this is the most
important aspect of the person. Adults oftentimes respond to children at-risk in harmful
and destructive ways. Rejecting or treating an at-risk learner impersonally further instills
in the child that they are unworthy or somehow incapable of carrying out the task.
Conrath (2014) said this invites the child to avoid any and all responsibility reinforcing
the child with a sense that rejection is something externally controlled, so why even try.
confidence. Conrath (2008) said, “Anonymity breeds avoidance and hostility, two
behavior patterns common the students most likely to become drop-outs.” Conrath also
said it takes a tough adult to see the root of the problem and proceed simply by refusing
At-Risk Youth: A National Dilemma. Pay now or pay later. Investing time and
energy in our children today is a wise maneuver if the intent is to secure a strong,
competitive, and industrious economic and cultural future. Sadly, our present school
system is failing an exorbitant number of youths with as many as 30% of youths not
receiving an adequate education (Barr and Parrett, 2007). The at-risk situation in today’s
society is not just a problem, it is a national crisis with 25% of our high school students
said, “We can’t afford not to. Seventy percent of our prison inmates are high school
dropouts. It costs taxpayers about 6 times as much yearly to house a prison inmate as it
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does to educate a child in public school” (p. 3). Lunenburg (2009) agreed that the
dropout problem has gotten out of hand and is at crisis proportions costing the U.S. an
estimated $250 billion annually in lost earnings, taxes, and social services; 52% on
welfare or unemployed; 82% make up the prison population; and 85% are juveniles in the
court system. Over one-quarter of students leave school before graduating. After finding
out the personal costs associated with dropping out of school, as many as 46% of those
individuals return to school to earn a high school diploma or high school equivalency
degree, such as a GED. The economic returns of a high school diploma; however, are
higher than that of a GED, which is why staying in high school and graduating is favored
even among minority students from disadvantaged backgrounds, may be found in peer
and adult counselling programmes. Teachers, coaches, peers, family members, and
students to achieve and even strive for academic honours by acting as supportive role
models (Herbert and Reis, 2009). Measures aimed at facilitating social attachments
among all those involved is essential, especially at key momments in pupils’ school live,
like the transition into high school (Blue and Cook, 2014). In addition, it appears
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Local Sources
At-Risks Students
parent and peer variables on delinquent behavior, and explored whether the relationships
were mediated by adolescent self-regulation. Two hundred thirty-eight third- and fourth
year Filipino high school students responded to measures of parental induction and
and peer delinquency were associated with higher levels of delinquency and lower self-
regulation.
behavior. Tests of mediation revealed that self-regulation fully mediated the influence of
parents’ power-assertive and nurturing behavior and partially mediated the influence of
The study of Thomas (2011) used secondary data analysis, with a sample of 290
adolescents, aged 13-19 to examine the relationship between adolescent moral values and
relationships between parent moral values and adolescent delinquent behavior, and also
parents and peers was also examined as a moderator of these relationships. Regression
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analysis was used to analyze the data for this study. Overall results revealed that
delinquent behavior. Findings also showed that adolescent moral values partially mediate
the relationships between parent moral values and adolescent delinquent behavior, as well
delinquent behavior and adolescent behavior. The other moderating pathways of the
Two features of the Filipino adolescent self were explored in the study of
among self-aspects, and self-construal, or how the self is conceived in relation to others.
The relationship between these facets and the experience of negative emotions in
adolescence was also determined. Participants were 2017 of 12- to 21- years old who
also endorsed independent attitudes and values, suggesting a more bicultural self in
Filipino youth.
Self-report data were gathered from 633 students from public schools in Metro
Manila, Philippines in the study of Gutierrez and Shoemaker (2008) in the study of L.
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Gerella (2017). The study finds overall delinquency prevalence to be higher among males
than females but not significantly different from one socioeconomic class to another.
Gender and class differentials, however, are found for different types of delinquency
(covert property, theft, swindling, vandalism, drug abuse, alcohol and cigarettes, and
status offenses). Violent offenses and more public forms of delinquency are found to be
high among lower-class boys, whereas covert types of delinquency are high among the
middle- and upper class students. Of interest, among females, upper-class girls
School counselors can work to create useful resources for these students where
they may not already be present along with implementing school wide initiatives aimed
toward enhancing a positive school climate that will help students thrive. High school
students with a history of juvenile delinquency are a unique subset of the student
population that warrants additional attention from school counselors. As these students
work toward meeting their postsecondary goals they encounter challenges that are
different from those of their peers. Because of this school-counselors must employ
different strategies while working with this population throughout the implementation of
their curriculum.
Dropping Out
Gascon (2006) on her thesis entitled “Factors Affecting the Drop Out of Pablo
Graduate School” in the study of L. Lumanog (2017) cited that there were more male
dropouts compared to female in terms of secondary education, students that came from
private schools have the highest percentage of dropout as students from public schools.
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About fifty percent of these students who dropped from the college belong to the lower
income group and according to course, there were more mechanical engineer who
dropped from the college. Student, teachers and school factors were moderately serious
causes of dropouts and the implementation of some identified services employed at the
college to counter.
Characteristics of the typical Bulacan High School Dropout”, in the study of L. Lumanog
(2017) the school leaver is usually a male, at least with a mean age of 18.045, single, a
public high school student whose Religion is Roman Catholic, a Tagalog origin, where
the educational attainment of finishing the elementary education and with a father who
engaged in a very low occupational level while the dropouts mother is engaged in non-
gainful occupation or simply housekeeper, and with an average yearly gross income of
Php. 30,000- Php. 49,999. The dropout perceived that parents’occupational preference for
him is so high to become an engineer. But due to financial factor, he decided to leave the
school when he was third year high school in order to work and to help at home. While in
school, his favorite academic subject is Araling Panlipunan and performed satisfactorily
while he disliked the subject Science. There were more than 50 students in the class of
the dropout and he did not join or involve in any extracurricular activities in the school.
While the acceptable reasons for the student dropout to leave school are financial
Aguilera (2013) on his study entitled “A Study on the Number of Dropouts and
the reasons why they dropout from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Pharmacy
in the Academic Years 2008-2013”, stated that majority or fifty-six percent of the
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responding dropouts transferred to other schools when they dropped out, while the
remaining stayed in the University of Santo Tomas. There was a continuous decline in
the number of drop-outs since the Academic Year 2008 to 2009, from 31.07 percent to
14.49 percent in the Academic Year 2012 to 2013. This decrease may have been due to
interventions provided by the Faculty, and improvement in its standards, practices, and
services. The drop-outs stayed in the Faculty at an average of 1.83 years, before having
dropped out. Business is the most prominent field where the respondents transferred to
after their choice of dropping. Agriculture, Law and Music-related courses were chosen
least. The study was able to discover that most of the drop-outs came from the
percentage of 47.36 and 17, respectively. The research found out that a majority of the
drop-outs belonged to the first year level when they dropped, consisting 45 percent of the
respondents. An inverse relationship was constructed between the year level and number
of drop-outs, as the percentage went down to 7 percent in the fourth year level.
Difficulties in the areas of academic, family, personal, social, and other factors are
Genon (2012) based from the findings in her study entitled “Causes of Dropouts
of the College Student of the Philippines Normal University Agusan Campus”, it was
found out that among the causes of dropouts among the causes of dropouts among
students in Agusan Campus was financial problem. The highest case was children whose
parents were farmers. This fact indicated that the farmers’ children were forced to
withdraw from their studies because of financial difficulties. The income from farming
was not enough to provide for the needs of their students especially that more number of
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parents of the college dropouts are tenants. The distance from the university and the daily
needs could not be supported by their parents that are why students were forced to drop
from their studies. With these 33 cases of registered drop-outs data showed that in every
semester the dropouts were less than 10 students, which means they are all still
manageable. The number of students who filed authorized withdrawal may not yet be
alarming.
On the study Masalta and Mauring (2009) entitled “The cause of Drop out among
junior students of Pacita National High School” many young people make decisions in
their early years that can affect not only their personal welfare, but also their societies as
a whole. Some students fail to complete school and may become marginalized,
society. High school dropouts are both an individual (and family) problem as well as a
nation alone. It is individual problem because of most (not all) do make considerably less
money than graduates. It is a national problem not so much because of lost task revenue
but because we have a tremendous waste of human resources. Why those students drop
out of high school? Their reasons are many. Some are personal, such as pregnancy or the
need to help support their families. Most, however, are school-related. Most student who
dropped out were doing poorly in school, and many felt that their teachers did not care.
Only 18 percent reported to the NCES that they had passing grade in their last year of
school.
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Conceptual Framework
To clearly present the plan for data and thematic analysis process according to the
summarized findings of this study. Figure 1 is created. This figured is patterned after the
method of research presented in the earlier section of this research on how to understand
Screening of
Young At-Risk At Risk Qualification Checklist
Students
screening of the young at-risk students using At-Risk Qualification Checklist (frame
Checklist and survey questionnaire was adapted by Gerella and Calimlim (2017)
translated into Tagalog and validated by an expert. It also includes the numerical
no. 4 is consisted of the thematic analysis using qualitative coding through 1). Open
coding with a single transcript 2). Comparison of codes between transcripts to develop
categories 3). Analysis on how and if each category is connected in order and 4). Develop
new categories, combine existing categories and delete others. The results of which is
reflected in Frame no. 5, the themes and the sub-themes that were created. Lastly, frame
no.6 shows the proposed intervention programs of the senior high school guidance
counselor.
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AT-RISK STUDENTS
CHALLENGES REALIZATION
EXPERIENCE
DEVELOPMENT
-FAMILY -FINISH
-PERSONAL SCHOOL
SCHOOL
-HAVE A GOOD
JOB
-SELF-ESTEEM
-ADDICTION -HELP THE
-EARLY
-BEHAVIOR PARENTS
PARENTHOOD
-INTEREST
-WORKING -BETTER
STUDENTS FUTUTRE
-COMPLIANCE
-LEARNING
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Hypothesis of the Study
The study assumed that the lived experiences of the at-risk students do not
Definition of Terms
For the purpose of clarity and better understanding of this study the following
who exhibit high-risk behaviors that can adversely affect their overall development and
well-being inside the classroom, or that might prevent them future successes and
development since their academic development is hampered. These are students who are
At-Risks Students. As used in the study, these are students who exhibit erratic
school and/or stated intention to leave, negative interactions with peers, behavioral issues
attitude or performance. They were identified using records and reports from their Class
Adviser and even their different Subject Teachers including 4 strands in 2 tracks.
Dropping Out.It means living high school, college, university or another group
for practical reasons, necessities, or disillusionment, with the system from which the
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Family Problem. As used in the study, this term refers to the problems being
concepts on the financial discipline. This is the determination, acquisition, allocation, and
utilization of financial resources, usually with an overall goal in mind and an area of
especially of a condition or process; programs that help the students succeed in school.
Peer. Operationally, this term refers to the problems being experienced by grade
SHS students with respect to their association with their peer groups.
Relationships. As used in the study, this term pertains to the attachment security
in adolescence which exerts precisely the same effect on development as it does in early
childhood: a source base fosters exploration and the development of cognitive, social and
emotional competence.
student’s: knowledge, attitudes, skills, relationships, behavior that can be utilized in and
outside the classroom, thinking skills and personal capabilities, emotional awareness,
values which is subjective and enduring sense of realistic self-approval (Emil, 2006). It
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reflects how the individual views and values the self at the most fundamental levels of
psychological experiencing.
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CHAPTER III
METHODS OF RESEARCH
This chapter present the method and techniques of the study, population and
This study aims to “Understand Youth At-Risk of Dropping Out and Intervention
Programs among Senior High Students in Pagalanggang National High School”, for the
school year 2018-2019 that utilized mixed method type of research. In this design the
provides a better understanding of the research problem than either of each alone.
According to Creswell and Plano Clark, (2011). The term “mixed methods” refers
program of inquiry. The basic premise of this methodology is that such integration
permits a more complete and synergistic utilization of data than do separate quantitative
The mixed method type of research design is appropriate for the currents study as
the mixed method provided quantitative and qualitative responses based on information
that were gathered from the survey-questionnaire that where be administered in senior
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In the present study, Understanding Youth At-Risk of Dropping Out and its
profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, academic status of students, family
monthly income and marital status of parents and problems are studied and described to
provide meaningful description of the problem. As such, the mixed method designs
provided information that addressed the researcher question and objectives of the study.
True to its form, this design involves collecting data and interview in order to test
hypothesis or answer questions regarding the participants of the study through surveys
wherein the researcher study and since it is one of the schools offer senior high school in
Municipality of Dinalupihan and the cases of at-risks is diverse. They were selected using
qualification checklist since only at-risks students were chosen as the respondents of the
present study. These students were considered as at-risks students because of repeated
one grade level, has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the first
grading of the current school year, has failed one (1) or more academic subjects this
school year, and has substance abuse behavior and an emancipated youth.
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Table 1
Population and Sample of the Study
Frequency Distribution of the Respondents of Grade 12 students
forty-one (41) students at-risk was done using the At-Risk Student Qualification
Checklist. Eighteen (18) or 43.90% at-risk students in grade twelve (12), such as;
students or 22.22% respondents. Also, Humanities and Social Sciences (HumSS) with
four (4) or 22.22% out of 49 students. Lastly, General Academic Strand (GAS) with six
(6) or 33.33% which got the highest number of respondents were selected using
Table 2
Frequency Distribution of the Respondents of Grade 11 students
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Twenty-three (23) or 56.10% at-risk students in grade eleven (11) including four
different strands such as; General Academic Strand (GAS) with nine (9) or 39.39%
respondents out of 16 students. Five (5) or 21.73% out of 55 students in Humanities and
with four (5) or 21.73% out of 36 students. And Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL)
Computer System Servicing (CSS) with four (4) or 17.39% respondents out of 24
students.
Research Instruments
At-risk Qualification Checklist we’re used to determine the total number of at-risk
students. According in the article The Owner’s Role in Project Risk Management (2015).
The objective of risk identification is to identify all possible risks, not to eliminate risks
from consideration or to develop solutions for mitigating risk – those functions are
carried out during the risk assessment and risk mitigation steps.
data in this study. It consists various questions, which were all related to the problem
presented by the researchers. Students were asked based on the truth upon their
knowledge. This also helped in obtaining possible implication on students who are
Otherwise, one set of survey-questionnaire were prepared for the students which
were divide into three parts. Part I focused on their profile in terms age, sex, academic
status, family monthly income and marital status of parents of the respondents. Part II
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include and detailed the following factors such as: family, financial, academic, peers and
self-esteem problems. And lastly part III were divided into two. First part include how the
at-risk students managed their difficulties encountered in school life. Meanwhile, second
part is about the guidance counselor suggested intervention that help at-risk students to
succeed.
In the factors affecting student at-risk among senior high students for the school
year 2018-2019 in terms of the potential problems and factors of the students, the
Descriptors, Grading Scale and Remarks for the Academic Grades of At-Risk
Students
interpreting the grades of the students. This was taken from DepEd Order No. 8, s. 2015,
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Table 3. Descriptors, Grading Scale and Remarks
The researcher read from related studies, observed students who are at-risks
students and conducted informal interview in preparation for a more comprehensive tool.
Questions from the questionnaire are based on the stated specific problems of the
dropping out.
Before the researcher formally starts the data gathering, a letter of validation was
secured from the members of the specialization committee of the school. Along with this
permit was a letter that sent to the school administration. To seek permission for the
conduct of the study to the chosen research locale. After getting the necessary permit and
endorsement, another letter forwarded to the principal and assistant school principal of
Pagalanggang National High School in Dinalupihan, Bataan which respectfully ask for a
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permission to distribute survey-questionnaire and interview in senior high students in
After getting the necessary approval from the concerned authorities, the
distribution of the survey-questionnaire proceeded. One week allotted for the distribution
and retrieval of survey-questionnaire. Specifically, for the time frame two (2) days
allotted for each strand – the first day for the conduct of the survey. Finally, when all data
had been retrieved, the researcher tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using appropriate
On the other hand, a letter of request forwarded to the respective of each strands.
This letter requesting to allow the researcher to get the average grade of the respondent.
And lastly, upon granting the letter, the researcher personally talked to the adviser of the
respondents to get the names of students who are classified as at-risk students. The data
gathered by the researcher was carefully recorded and tallied using a tabular from which
including descriptive such as narrative analysis and interpretation of the data, frequency
following terms.
Frequency, was used to determine the total number of respondents having the
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Percentage, was obtained by dividing frequency of every condition being
P = F/N × 100
Where; P – percentage
F – frequency
Weighted mean. It will be used to determine the average of the perception about
discrete variable, variable with continuous scales and without any apparent zero point.
VM = tw/n
Where:
VM = weighted mean
TW = total weight
N = number of cases
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CHAPTER IV
This chapter presents, analyze, and interpret the important data gathered in the
consistency and better comprehension. The results of the study are divided into three
parts.
youth at-risk.
Part III. Determine the potential problems and factors affecting student at-risk
Part I: Profile of the At-Risks Students of the Pagalanggang National High School
Table 4
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Graph 1
Age
5%
34%
61%
16 17 18 and above
Table 2 indicates the personal profile of the respondents according to age. Most of
the respondents are 18 years old and above with an equivalent percentage of 25 at-risk
34.15%. And 2 out of 41 respondents or 4.88% are age of 16.The table revealed that most
of the respondents are 18 years old and above. As mentioned by Animasahun and Aremu
(2015) in the study of L. Gerella (2017), youngsters between the ages of 8 and 14 begin
to confide less in parents and more in peers and to be more influenced by those peers for
assistance in making decisions about what behavior to adopt. The intensity of criminal
behavior slackens after the teens and it continues to decline with age. The individual
offending rates tend to speak in late adolescence then drop off in early adulthood.
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Table 5
Sex Frequency Percentage Rank
Male 28 68.29% 1
Female 13 31.71% 2
Total 41 100%
Frequency and Percentage of the At-Risk Student in terms of Sex
Sex
32%
68%
Male Female
Graph 2
3. As shown in the table above, 28 out of 41 respondents or 68.29% were male, and 13
out of 41 respondents or 31.71% were female. Most of the respondents of the study were
male which can be deduced that there were more males are at-risks students. Males are
more involved in delinquent behavior than females (Violato, et al. 2011) in the study of
L. Gerella (2017). One of the explanations of the higher level of delinquency in males
than in females is that etiology of delinquency may differ for males and females. Males
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may be more vulnerable to risk factors for delinquency such as inadequate parenting than
females.
Table 6
Distribution of At-Risk Grade 11 Students by Academic Grade
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Table 6 shows the profile of the respondents according to academic grades in core
and in othe subjects. This means that they cannot complete the requirements set by these
subjects due to certain factors. Komunikasyon sa Pananaliksik has the lowest average
Technology with an average of 78.36, and Oral Commuinication got 78.73 it is closely
followed by Earth and Life Science was ranked with mean 78.95. Meanwhile, General
Mathematics got 79.22 which is considered second to the highest mean. And lastly,
Physical Education and Health I was rated highest with an average of 82.04. Some of
which are considered passed, or “fairly satisfactory” Physical Education and Health I has
In terms of the individual average of the respondents, four (4) students have a
failed general average ranging 74 below. The rest of the other respondents have a passing
Table 6 also shows that the respondents have a chances of passing their subjects
life are at particular risk for later problems. For example, children who cannot read
proficiently by the third grade are four times less likely to graduate from high school on
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Table 7
grades in applied and core subjects including; Entrepreneurship, Filipino sa Piling Larang
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Societry and Politics as well as Physical Education and Health III. Respondent 24, 25, 26
and 27 have no grades in Practical Research II and Understanding Culture, Societry and
Politics and other subjects. This means that they cannot complete the requirements set by
these subjects due to certain factors. Understanding Culture, Societry and Politics has the
lowest average which is 75.64, followed by English for Academic and Professional
Akademik/Tech-Voc got 79.86. On the other hand, Entrepreneurship was ranked 6 and
rated an average 79.94 and Physical Education and Health IIIgot the highest average
84.06. All subjects of which are considered passed, or “fairly satisfactory. While,
In terms of the individual average of the respondents, four (4) students have a
failed general average ranging 74 below with descriptor “did not meet expectations”. The
rest of the other respondents have a passing general average in terms of the three core and
Table 7 also shows that the respondents have a chances of passing their subjects
life are at particular risk for later problems. For example, children who cannot read
proficiently by the third grade are four times less likely to graduate from high school on
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Table 8
Frequency and Percentage of the At-Risk Student in terms of Academic
Performance
Academic Frequency Percentage Rank
Performance
74 below 8 19.51% 3rd
75-79 21 51.22% 1st
80-84 12 29.26% 2nd
Total 41 100
Academic Performance
12%
37%
74-below
75-79
80-84
51%
Graph 3
75-79 average. And twelve (12) or 29.26% have an average ranging 80-84 because of so
many problems and factors that they are facing. Majority of the respondents have a failed
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examined the relationship between academic achievement and at-risk students. Many
issues today affect the achievement gap and the ability for at-risk students to succeed.
Most data, as revealed in the studies included in this review, conclude the factors
individual students and schools. Most often, these students are not successful and
eventually drop out of school or pursue a GED. Data indicate that teacher-student
Table 9
Frequency and Percentage of the Student at-Risks in terms of Family Monthly
Income
Family Monthly Income Frequency Percentage Rank
20,0001 and above 2 4.88% 5th
15,001-20,000 3 7.32% 4th
10,001-15,000 9 21.95% 3rd
5,001-10,000 14 34.15% 2nd
5,000 below 15 36.59% 1st
Total 41 100
Graph 4
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Family Monthly Income
7%
5%
35%
21%
33%
of Php. 5,000 and below while 14 or 34.15% have a family income of Php 5,001-Php
students or 7.32% have a family income Php 15,001 –Php 20,000 and 2 students or
4.88% have a family income of Php 20,001 above. Generally, most of the respondents
who are student at-risk have Php 5,000 and below which means that most of the
respondents belong to a low average family household.Children from high parent with
adequate income, good occupation and high status are likely provided with huge quality
private education from nursery up to university level (Ekpo and Ajake, 2013) in the study
of L. Gerella (2017). Given this opportunity, it is likely that such children will be less
higher risk of educational failure. In particular, compared with their more affluent
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counterparts, low-income adolescents receive lower grades, earn lower scores on
standardized tests, and are much more likely to drop out of high school.
Table 10
Frequency and Percentage of the At-Risk Student in terms of Marital Status of
Parents
Marital Status of Frequency Percentage Rank
Parents
Married 23 56.10% 1st
Not Married 8 19.51% 2nd
Separated 6 14.63% 3rd
Single Father 1 2.44% 5.5th
Single Mother 2 4.88% 4th
Others (pls. specify) 1 2.44% 5.5th
Total 41 100
56%
20%
Married Not Married Separated Single Father Single Mother Others (pls. specify)
Graph 5
It can be shown in the table, 23 students or 56.10% have married parents while 8
or 19.51% have unmarried parents. Six students (14.63%) have separated parents
whileboth 2 (equal to 4 students) or 2.44 have a single father and other status.
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Interestingly, 2 students or 4.88% their father are deceased that’s he/she cannot live with
love and care. Generally, majority of at-risk students have married parents. This negated
the statement of Crano, Siegel Alvaro and Patel (2007) who stated that family life that is
Using the at-risk student’s qualification checklist, the researcher identified the
Respondent 1 has repeated one (1) grade level, has repeated one (1) grade level,
incurred absenteeism which was more than 20% of the required number of class day in a
school year, back subjects from the previous school year, failed one (1) or more academic
subjects this school year, substance abuse behavior, previpus drop-out and he is a
working student.
Respondent 2 is a working student and has a previous drop-out last school year.
He had repeated one (1) grade level from the previous school years also he has failed one
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Respondent 3 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the first
grading of the current school year. She was also incurred absenteeism which was more
than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year and failed one (1) or more
academic subjects this school year. Lastly, she was an emancipated youth.
Respondent 4 has repeated one (1) grade level from the previous school years.
She has substance abuse behavior and absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent
during the first grading of the current school year. And failed one (1) or more academic
ko di talaga kuakasya para sa amin nadistract din ako kapag usapan na ang pag-ibig
ganu kasi parang isa na rin yun sa mga dahilan kung bakit naapektuhan yung pag-aaral
She has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the first grading
of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years, has failed one
(1) or more academic subjects this school year. Lastly, an emancipated youth.
“Para sa akin yung pinansiyal talaga kase di naman ganun kalaki yung kinikita
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Respondent 6 has repeated one (1) grade level,absenteeism that is greater than ten
(10) percent during the first grading of the current school year, failed one (1) or more
Respondent 7 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the first
grading of the current school year, incurred absenteeism which was more than 20% of the
required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or more academic subjects
Respondent 8 has repeated one (1) grade level, absenteeism that is greater than ten
(10) percent during the first grading of the current school yearfailed one (1) or more
Respondent 9 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the first
grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years, failed
one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and a previous drop-out.
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Respondent 10 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, incurred absenteeism which was more than 20%
of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or more academic
Respondent 11has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, classified as non-
makasagot dahil nga nahihirapan ako pagdating sa mga akademik…ano kase kahit ano
talagang gawin ko parang hirap na hirap akong intindihin siguro dahil hindi ako agad
Respondent 12 has repeated one (1) grade level, absenteeism that is greater than
ten (10) percent during the first grading of the current school year, failed one (1) or more
“Yung mga naging problema ko yung naka-buntis ako yung nagkaroon ako ng
anak mahirap pero masarap sa feeling tuwing nakikita mo yung anak mo…dahil hindi ko
Respondent 13has repeated one (1) grade level, back subjects from the previous
school years, failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and an
emancipated youth.
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“Pagkakaroon ng maraming bagsak sa iba’t ibang subjects dahil sa palaging
Respondent 14has repeated one (1) grade level, absenteeism that is greater than
ten (10) percent during the first grading of the current school year, failed one (1) or more
pangangailangan…mga magulang ko walang trabaho kaya nakatira lang ako kay tita.”
Respondent 15 has repeated one (1) grade level.back subjects from the previous
school years, failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and a previous
drop-out.
“Sa family problem, ayun family problem, dahil mahirap pumasok nang may
problema dahil wala yung isip mo wala sa school kundi nasa ibang bagay, may iniisip ka
Respondent 16 has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or
“Mahirap yung subject tas mahirap yung itinuturo hindi katulad noong grade
10…Family problem ganun. Yung minsan gusto mong pumasok pero dika makapasok
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Respondent 17, Male, 16 years old, Grade 11
Respondent 17Has incurred absenteeism which was more than 20% of the
required number of class day in a school year, back subjects from the previous school
years, Has failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and serious personal,
Respondent 18 has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or
Respondent 19 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and a pregnant or parent.
Respondent 20 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and serious personal, mental
kinakapos yung sahod tapos yung pagiging late naman dahil sa pagtulog ng wala sa oras
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Respondent 21, Female, 17 years old, Grade 11
Respondent 21 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and has substance abuse
behavior.
Respondent 22 has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or
Respondent 23 has incurred absenteeism which was more than 20% of the
required number of class day in a school year, back subjects from the previous school
years failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and he is a substance
abuse behavior.
Respondent 24 has repeated one (1) grade level, absenteeism that is greater than
ten (10) percent during the first grading of the current school year, failed one (1) or more
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“Amm... marami tulad nga yung maaga akong nagkababy tapos mga pinansiyal
Respondent 25 has repeated one (1) grade level, absenteeism that is greater than
ten (10) percent during the first grading of the current school year, failed one (1) or more
Respondent 26has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the first
grading of the current school year, incurred absenteeism which was more than 20% of the
required number of class day in a school year,failed one (1) or more academic subjects
“Paging late at at-risk ko. Problema din sa bahay…ayun nga dahil din sa family
Respondent 27 has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, incurred absenteeism which was more than 20%
of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or more academic
“Stress, tapos yung layo ng biyahe ganun…kasi ano… minsan nahihirapan tas
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Respondent 28, Male, 18 years old, Grade 12
Respondent 28 has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, have failed one (1)
or more academic subjects this school year and serious personal, mental and medical
problems.
Respondent 29 has repeated one (1) grade level, back subjects from the previous
school years, failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and has a
sumasakit ulo ko…dahil sap ag-aabsent tsaka di gumagawa ng mga projects tas
assignment.”
Respondent 30 has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or
more academic subjects this school year and has subsatance abuse behavior.
Respondent 31Has repeated one (1) grade level, back subjects from the previous
school years, failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and an
emancipated youth.
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“Marami nang bayaran sa school tapos lalong tumaas mas mahirap na yung mga
subjects ngayon…ano siguro kasi diba syempre yung strand naming ganun tsaka sa
pinansiyal.”
Respondent 32 Has repeated one (1) grade level, back subjects from the previous
school years, failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and she is a parent
at an early age.
Respondent 33 Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and an emancipated youth.
Respondent 34 Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and he is has substance abuse
behavior.
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Respondent 35 Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and an emancipated youth.
“Thesis, projects, amm… teachers madalas ang dami nilang pinapagawa tsaka di
pako handa sa mga gawain nay un saka stress madami na akong iniisip, depressed na
Respondent 36 Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and a working student.
Respondent 37 Has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or
“Unang-una yung mga kaklase ko parang diko sila ramdam kunbaga may sari-
sarili silang mundo yung feeling na outcast ka kaya lagi akong nasa ibang room…
naranasan ito kasi from grade 1 to grade 6 parang sa mga kaklase ko lahat sila
pero nung ano ayun nga nung grade 11 tsak grade12 alam mo yun may kanya kanya
silang mundo tsaa hindi ako makasabay kasi nag aabsent ako madalas basta hindi ko
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talaga nararamdaman na belong ako tulad nun picture taking natin sa ating
Respondent 38Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, back subjects from the previous school years,
failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year and has a serious personal,
ng budget sa pag-aaral.”
Respondent 39Has repeated one (1) grade level, incurred absenteeism which was
more than 20% of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or
“Defense, pera yun lang…wala pa akong trabaho tapos kulang yung pera tas
yung natitira na pera nagagastos ko pa. Tricycle driver at nagpepedicure lang ang
guardian ko.”
Respondent 40 Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, incurred absenteeism which was more than 20%
of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or more academic
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“Pagkakaroon po ng kulang sa pinansiyal kaya di ako nakakapasok…Single
Respondent 41 Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10) percent during the
first grading of the current school year, incurred absenteeism which was more than 20%
of the required number of class day in a school year, failed one (1) or more academic
Table 11
At-Risk Qualification Checklist
Criteria A f % Rank
1. Has repeated one (1) grade level. 21 51.21% 4th
2. Has absenteeism that is greater than ten (10)
percent during the first grading of the current 39 95.12% 2nd
school year.
3. Has incurred absenteeism which was more than 48.78%
20% of the required number of class day in a school 20 5th
year.
4. Has back subjects from the previous school 32 78.05% 3rd
years.
5. Has failed one (1) or more academic subjects this 41 100% 1st
school year.
6. Is classified as non-reader. 1 2.44% 6th
Criteria B f % Rank
1. Has substance abuse behavior. 34 82.92% 2nd
2. Is a pregnant or parent. 5 12.20% 5th
3. Is a working students 11 26.83% 4th
4. Is a previous drop-out 14 34.15% 3rd
5. Has serious personal, mental and medical 4 9.75% 6th
problems
6. Is an emancipated youth. 41 100% 1st
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Using qualification checklist, researchers categorized forty-one (41) at-risk
students. The respondent was determined as at-risk students who meets any three (3) of
the following criteria in A or any one (1) criterion in column B. It can be gleaned in the
table, that in criteria A, respondents who failed one (1) or more academic subjects this
school year ranked 1st with 100% response. Followed by, respondents whose
absenteeism is greater than (10) percent during the first grading of the current school year
got a percentage of 95.12. Thirdly, respondents who has back subjects from the previous
school year with a percentage of 78.05. Fourthly, respondents whom repeated one grade
level got a percentage of 51.21. Fifthly, respondents who incured absenteeism which was
more than 20percent of the required number of class day in a school year have a
percentage of 48.78. Lastly, respondents who is classified as non-reader ranked 6th with a
percentage of 2.44.
While in criteria B, respondents who is emancipated youth ranked 1st and with
100% response. Followed by, respondents who has substance abuse behaviour got a
respondents who has serious personal, mental and medical problems ranked 6th with a
percentage of 9.75.The highest number of frequency is “Has failed one (1) or more
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Part. III Problems and Factors of At-Risk Students of the Pagalanggang National
High School
Table 12
Family Problems and Factors of Student at-Risks
SA A D SD WM Description Rank
Family Problems and
Factors
f
1. I don’t want to go to 11 12 14 4 2.73 Agree 5.5
home anymore.
2. I usually see my parents 9 18 11 3 2.80 Agree 3.5
arguing and fighting.
3. I think my parents will 13 13 11 4 2.85 Agree 2
break up.
4. I don’t feel loved and 11 17 7 6 2.80 Agree 3.5
cared by my family.
5. I feel that I am not their 10 17 7 7 2.73 Agree 5.5
child.
6. I sense that everyone in 9 16 11 5 2.71 Agree 7
the house is doing their own
thing and so we don’t have
time for playing and talking.
7. I don’t have experience 15 14 8 4 2.98 Agree 1
family planning and
bonding.
Total 78 104 69 33 2.8 Agree
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It can be gleaned from the table that family problems and factors was “agree” by
the students who are at-risks as manifested by the mean of 2.8. Item no.7 “I don’t have
experience family planning and bonding” having a weighted mean 2.98 with a
description of “agree” obtained the highest weighted mean. Followed by item no.3 “I
think my parents will break up” a weighted mean of 2.85 with description of agree and
ranked 2. It is closely followed by item 2 and 4 “I usually see my parents arguing and
fighting” and “I don’t feel loved and cared by my family” manifested by the mean of 2.80
which has a description of agree and ranked 3.5. On the other hand, item no.1 and 5 “I
don’t want to go to home anymore” and “I feel that I am not their child” having a
weighted mean 2.73 with the description of agree and ranked 5.5. And lastly, item no.6 “I
sense that everyone in the house is doing theirown thing and so we don’t have time for
playing and talking” and was rated by the mean of 2.71 also with the description of agree
and ranked 7. To sum up, the table also shows that item no. 7 “. I don’t have experience
family planning and bonding.” is one of the most important in assessing family problems
and factors of the at-risk students as manifested by the highest mean of 2.98 in the table
while item no. 6 “. I sense that everyone in the house is doing theirown thing and so we
don’t have time for playing and talking” was rated with the lowest mean of 2.71. Family
is the first place where socialization takes place for children to learn about their social
roles in the future through interacting with their parents (Zhou, 2007) in the study of L.
Gerella (2017). Parents’ beliefs, values and behaviors have a great impact on the
social class, growing up with a parent who is unemployed, a teenager, a school dropout,
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an illiterate, a parent who is impaired (as result of alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental
Table 13
Financial Problems and Factors of At-Risk Students
Financial Problems and SA A D SD WM Description Rank
Factors
f
1. I don’t have enough 11 13 11 5 2.68 Agree 6.5th
money to go to school most
of the time.
2. I don’t receive financial 8 15 18 8 2.95 Agree 2nd
support from my family.
3. I think money makes the 7 18 12 4 2.68 Agree 6.5th
world go around.
4. I feel my parents are 11 16 11 3 2.85 Agree 5th
struggling financially.
5. I need money to support 13 16 8 3 2.90 Agree 3rd
my financial assistance.
6. I need to experience being 15 18 4 4 3.07 Agree 1st
working student to have
more money.
7. I don’t have enough 12 16 9 4 2.88 Agree 4th
money to buy school supplies
needed for academic-related
activities.
Total 71 112 65 32 2.86 Agree
It could be seen from the table that financial problems and factors was “agree” by
the students who are at-risk as manifested by the total mean of 2.86. Item no. 6 “. I need
to experience being working student to have more money” having a weighted mean 3.07
with a description of “agree” obtained the highest weighted mean. Followed by item no. 2
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“I don’t receive financial support from my family” having a weighted mean of 2.95 with
description of agree and ranked 2.It is closely followed by item 5, “. I need money to
support my financial assistance” manifested by the mean of 2.90 which has a description
of agree and ranked 3. Whereas item no. 7 “I don’t have enough money to buy school
supplies needed for academic-related activities” having a weighted mean 2.88 with the
description of agree and ranked 4. As such, item no.4 “I feel my parents are struggling
financially” and was rated by the mean of 2.85 and ranked 5. And lastly item no. 1 and 3
“I don’t have enough money to go to school most of the time” and “I think money makes
the world go around” got the lowest mean 2.68 witha description of “agree”. To
conclude, the table also shows that item no. 6 “I need to experience being working
student to have more money” is one of the most important financial problems and factors
that are facing by the at-risk students as manifested by the highest mean 3.07 in the table
while item no. 1 and 3 “I don’t have enough money to go to school most of the time” and
“I think money makes the world go around” was rated with the lowest mean 2.68. Stress
results from personal financial difficulties (Heckman, Lim and Montalto, 2014) can also
stress are depression, anxiety, poor academic performance, poor health and difficulty
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Table 14
SA A D SD WM Description Rank
Academic Problems and
Factors F
1. I don’t want to go to 14 13 8 6 2.85 Agree 6th
school anymore.
2. I don’t want to involve in 10 18 8 5 2.80 Agree 7th
many school activities.
3. I don’t understand my 16 11 12 2 2.90 Agree 5th
subjects.
4. I’m beginning to 19 15 6 1 3.27 Agree 2nd
accumulate school absences.
5. I feel like I don’t easily 17 16 7 1 3.20 Agree 3rd
understand the things that
the teacher is teaching
6. I’m beginning to 18 13 8 2 3.15 Agree 4th
accumulate poor academic
performance
7. I don’t want to do my 20 15 6 1 3.37 Agree 1st
homework or projects.
Total 113 101 56 18 3.08 Agree
Academic Problems and Factors of At-Risk Student
It can be deduced from the table that academic problems and factors was “agree”
by the students who are at-risk as manifested by the mean 3.08. Item no.7 “I don’t want
“agree” obtained the highest weighted mean. Followed by item no.4 “I’m beginning to
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accumulate school absences” having a weighted mean of 3.27 with description of agree
and ranked 2. Moreover, item no.5 “I feel like I don’t easily understand the things that the
teacher is teaching” a weighted mean 3.20 with the description of agree and ranked 3. It
manifested by the mean of 3.15 which has a description of agree. Also, item no.3 “I
don’t understand my subjects” and rated by the mean of 2.90 and ranked 5. As such, item
no. 1, “I don’t want to go to school anymore” was rated by the mean of 2.85 and ranked
6. And lastly, item no. 2 “I don’t want to involve in many school activities” and was rated
with the weighted mean of 2.80. Generally, the table also shows that item no. 7 “I don’t
and factors affecting at-risk students as manifested by the highest mean of 3.37 in the
table while item no. 2 “I don’t want to involved in many school activities” was rated with
Table 15
SA A D SD WM Description Rank
Peer Problems and Factors
F
1. I sense that our friendship 11 16 12 2 2.88 Agree 3rd
is signing apart.
2. I feel that I am not 14 13 13 1 2.98 Agree 1st
important in other group.
3. I don’t feel like I still want 10 18 10 3 2.85 Agree 4th
to make friends with others.
4. I don’t feel close with my 12 16 11 2 2.34 Disagree 6th
group anymore.
5. I don’t want to see my 12 16 10 3 2.32 Disagree 7th
friends.
6. I sense that I am no 13 17 10 1 2.78 Agree 5th
longer a part of my circle of
friends.
7. I don’t want to hang-out 10 19 11 1 2.93 Agree 2nd
with my friends.
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Total 82 115 77 13 2.73 Agree
risk of dropping out students as manifested by the mean of 2.73. Item no.2 “I feel that I
am not important in other group” having a weighted mean 2.98 with a description of
“agree” obtained the highest weighted mean. On the other hand, in the item no. 7 “I don’t
want to hang-out with my friends” was rated by the total mean of 2.93 which has the
same description of agree and ranked 2. And then, item no 1 “I sense that our friendship
is signing apart” manifested by the mean of 2.88 which has also description of agree and
ranked 3. Followed by item no.3 “I don’t feel like I still want to make friends with
others” having a weighted mean of 2.85 with description of agree and ranked 4.
Moreover, the item no. 6 “I sense that I am no longer a part of my circle of friends” was
rated by the mean of 2.78 with the description of disagree and ranked 5. As such, item no.
4 “I don’t feel close with my group anymore” was showed by the mean of 2.34 and
ranked 6. And lastly, item no. 5 “I don’t want to see my friends” and was revealed with
the lowest weighted mean of 2.32 and ranked 7. In general, the table also implied that
item no.2 “I feel that I am not important in other group” is one of the most crucial
important in peer problems and factors affecting at-risk students which may manifested
by the highest general weighted mean 2.98 in the table while item no. 5 “I don’t want to
see my friends” was signifies with the lowest general weighted mean of 2.32.
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Table 16
Self-Esteem Problems and Factors of At-Risk Students
SA A D SD WM Description Rank
Self-Esteem Problems and
Factors F
1. I feel that I am not good a 15 13 12 1 3.02 Agree 3.5th
lot of things.
2. I feel that I am not a 10 21 9 1 2.98 Agree 6th
worthy person.
3. I need attention from 13 18 8 2 3.02 Agree 3.5th
someone.
4. I am not competent from 14 18 7 2 3 Agree 5th
someone.
5. I feel that I didn’t belong 15 17 5 4 3.05 Agree 2nd
to any group.
6. I think that nobody likes 18 14 7 2 3.15 Agree 1st
me or cares for me.
7. I don’t trust myself. 16 13 6 3 2.88 Agree 7th
Total 85 144 54 15 3.01 Agree
It can be gleaned from the table that self-esteem problems and factors was “agree”
by the at-risk students as manifested by the mean of 3. 01. Item no.6 “I think that nobody
likes me or cares for me” having a weighted mean 3.15 with a description of “agree”
obtained the highest weighted mean. Followed by item no. 5 “. I feel that I didn’t belong
to any group” having a weighted mean of 3.05 with description of agree and ranked 2. On
the other hand, item no.1 and 3 “I feel that I am not good a lot of things” and “I need
attention from someone” having a weighted mean of 3.02 with the description of agree
and ranked 3.5. It is closely followed by item no.4, “I am not competent from someone”
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was rated by the mean of 3 which has a description of agree and ranked 5. As such, item
no.2 “I feel that I am not a worthy person” and was rated by the mean of 2.98 and ranked
6. And lastly, item no. 7 “Idon’t trust myself” was revealed with the weighted mean of
2.88 with the description of agree and ranked 7. To sum up it all, the table also shows that
item no. 6 “I think that nobody likes me or cares for me” is one of the most important
self-esteem problems and factors of at-risk students as manifested by the highest mean
3.15 in the table while item no. 7 “Idon’t trust myself” was rated with the lowest mean
2.88.
Table 17
Summary of Problems and Factors ofAt-Risk Student
main problems of the at-risk students that needs to assess and determined by the
researcher and it was the highest weighted mean of 3.08 with the general description of
“agree”. It is closely followed by 3.01 as self-esteem problems and factors. And then, we
have the 3rd rank is financial problems as manifested with the mean of 2.86. While, the 4 th
ranked rated mean is 2.8 and it is the family problems of the students. Finally, peer
problems with the general weighted mean of 2.78 was the 5 th ranked or last. Generally,
the total weighted mean that revealed in the problems and factors of the at-risk students is
2.91 means that students are “agreed” in all the following factors and problems stated
above.
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Part IV: Results of Qualitative Analysis using Interview Instrument
Study results are presented into four themes with the corresponding sub-themes.
Challenges
includes quotes that express respondents’ views of the difficult and negative experiences
in their lives. For instance, one respondent related why he was involved in bad influences
challenges of having difficult family relationships. Fifteen (15) respondents reported on-
going challenges in going to school every day. And five (5) respondents stated of being
truant because of peer influence. Some respondents noted personal challenges associated
with early parenthood. Basically, students who are encountering more challenges in their
families, schools and peers are more prone to risks and have difficulties in academic
progress.
For instance, one respondent related why he was experienced lack of financial as
a result of a family challenge: “Para sa akin yung pinansiyal talaga kase di naman ganun
kalaki yung kinikita ng mga magulang ko sa trabaho nila.…”, “Dahil wala pong maganda
trabaho at hindi nakapagtapos ang mga magulang ko…”. Other challenges they faced
include constant or daily struggles in the family and in the school that they endured over
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time. One respondent mentioned, “Sa family problem, ayun family problem, dahil
mahirap pumasok nang may problema dahil wala yung isip mo wala sa school kundi nasa
pinansiyal kaya di ako nakakapasok…Single parent lang mama ko e kaya hirap din
naming sa bahay at sa school dahil hindi kopo inasahan na ganito po pala kahirap…ung
Meanwhile respondent 39 stated “Wala pa akong trabaho tapos kulang yung pera tas
yung natitira na pera nagagastos ko pa. Tricycle driver at nagpepedicure lang ang
guardian ko.” Some of the statement respondents experienced lack of financial support in
their study. In fact, respondent 5 said that “Para sa akin yung pinansiyal talaga kase di
naman ganun kalaki yung kinikita ng mga magulang ko sa trabaho nila…Dahil wala pong
maganda trabaho at hindi nakapagtapos ang mga magulang ko.” Respondent 14 added
“Yung ano problema pamilya kasabay nito yung mga pampinansiyal na pangangailangan
kase yung mga magulang ko walang trabaho kaya nakatira lang ako kay tita.”. Lastly,
respondent 22 “Parang wala naman e wait…iisipin ko. Ahh…sa ano pamilya kapag nag-
aaway yung nanay at tatay ko dahil sa pera… Sapagkat ang nanay ko ay nagmamanicure
at si tatay ko naman ay isa lang pedicab driver”. According to Frey et al. (2011), family
conditions such as the presence of child maltreatment and inter-parental conflict pose
While the theme challenges essentially connote the essence of what is often measured or
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implied by common risk factors, there is added meaning when we see it through the eyes
of the at-risk students describing the difficulties they face in their lives. Similarly,
parental seperation is a risk factor, but one could question whether it would influence a
child who assumes parenting responsibilities for her siblings in the same way it would
The findings are consistent with Biederman et al. (2000) who said that family risk
factors are among the strongest and most consistent risk factors for child and adolescent
problem behavior. Basically, students who are encountering more challenges in their
families, schools and peers are more prone to risks and have difficulties in developing
academic progress.
Experience
When participants described challenges, they were probed to explain how they
managed these situations. Quotes that included content in which participants explained
how they responded to challenges make up the theme, experience. The subthemes; self-
situation that the respondents have experienced while studying senior high school. These
challenge.
response to their challenges. “Ano kase kahit ano talagang gawin ko parang hirap na
hirap akong intindihin siguro dahil hindi ako agad nakapag-aral tulad ng iba kong
kaklase…”, “Kase nahihirapan ako lalo na kapag English di ko po maintindihan lalo lang
po sumasakit ulo ko…”, ““Kase nahihirapan talaga ako hindi ko maintindihan…”, “Ano
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siguro kasi diba syempre yung strand namin parang mas alam mo yun yung ang baba ng
tingin sa amin.” and “Kasi ano ahh… yung nahihirapan ako pag ano yung defense
English kase.”
considered as a negative influence for figuring out responses to challenges. Four (4)
participant explained how they responded to the challenge of difficult academic work.
“Ayun nga dahil din sa family problem at mas lalo na dahil sa pagpupuyat kakalaro ng
Likewise, respondent 20 “Ano minsan kase kinakapos yung sahod tapos yung pagiging
late naman dahil sa pagtulog ng wala sa oras tas minsan umaabot ng hating gabi
kakaonline games.” Also, respondent 23 “Pagpupuyat madalas kase ano e nag-eeml kami
kaya hindi nakakagawa ng projects, assignment”. And lastly respondent 7 stated “Dahil
or 12.19% of the respondents already a parent at an early age. “Yung mga naging
problema ko yung naka-buntis ako yung nagkaroon ako ng anak mahirap pero masarap sa
feeling tuwing nakikita mo yung anak mo…Siguro pagkaminsan wala akong kasama
kaya ano-anong mga bagay pumapasok sa isip ko” respondent 12 said. Futhermore,
respondent 24 “Amm... marami tulad nga yung maaga akong nagkababy tapos mga
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“Experience in working student” means studyng while working that can give
ssupport in order to face the challenges. Two (2) respondents said that they run to their
families to be able to cope with challenges. Respondent 2 “Trabaho dahil ang hirap
makapagbayad at makagawa ako ng mga projects ko. Saka po lagi silang nakagabay
sakin.”
student ako. Yung teacher ko po kinausap ako ganun at tsaka pinayuhan.” Moreover,
respondent 39“Naghanap ako ng extrang trabaho para mabayaran yung bayarin sa school.
Tapos tinulungan niya ako na makiusap sa mga teacher ko para maipasa ako.”
Experience of the respondents represents on how they faced and resolve a certain
challenge. This implies that youth at-risk need more attention and advice with their
instructors. The respondents have been mentioned how their subject teachers support
them while studying and dilemma situation arise. Further, the moral support of subject
Development
When participants described challenges, they were probed to explain how they
managed these situations. Question no.5Are there changes in your studies after the action
had been made? (Mayroon bang pagbabagong naganap sa iyong pag-aaral matapos ang
isinagawang aksyon?) was asked to the at-risk students. Quotes that included content in
which participants explained how they responded to challenges make up the theme,
development. The subthemes behavior, interest, compliance and learning describe the
development and progress that the respondents have experienced while studying senior
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high school. These categories of development refer to the descriptions of action taken in
response to a challenge
clearly stated that respondents have positive response toward academic progress.
Accordingly, there are changes happened after they experienced problem. As mentioned
by the following respondent “Oo yung dating ako na pala absent ngayon nagtino na.”,
“Meron po. Yung pagpasok ng naaayon sa tama. Tapos ahhh gumagawa din ng mga
activities sa school.”. “Meron naman, yung dati kase nagka-cutting ako ngayon hindi
na.”, “Opo. Ano naging matiyaga sa pag-aaral at nagsusumikap.”, “Oo, tulad ng pagtino
pagpasok ko ngayon tapos parang mas nagging interesado din ako sa pag-aaral”, “Oo,
kase nagbago yung buhay ko e. Na dating nagaabsent ngayon bihira na lamang meron
cooperate”, “Meron naman hindi na ako gaanong nale-late medyo tumataas na mga
grades ko.” And “Konti ayun yung mga kaklase ko kinakausap ko sila, nababawasan
naman yung feeling na outcast kasi kahit papaano may mga pumapansin na sa akin. Sa
grade wala pero napapadalas na yung pagpasok ko tsaka di na rin ako masyado lumilipat
sa ibang room.”
On the other hand, there are some development in students’ interest. There are
statements which clearly answered the interest they gained through the lesson and advice
with the help of their instructors. Respondent 5 “Meron naman nagbago umayos yung
kalagayan ng pag-aaral ko dahil dati parang nawawalan ako ng gana pero simula ng
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estudyante” said. Similarly, with the response of respondent 24 “Oo, malaking pagbabago
yung naganap dahil ayun nga sa huli pinagbuti ko rin ang aking pag-aaral para sa
kinabukasan ng aking anak” and “Oo, naging mas interesado ako lalo sa klase ganon.”
Respondent 27 added. In connection with respondent 28 “Oo, meron naman yung ano…
dati di ako nakikinig ngayon nakikinig na”. Moreover, respondent 38 “Oo meron para sa
akin naiwasan ko na yung pagtatambay sa gabi at saka mas lalo na akong nag focus sa
pag aaral.”
With the response of the youth at-risk another sub-theme has made “compliance”
Respondents stated the following changes in their study; “Yung laging pumapasok sa
eskwela at nagpapasa ng mga dapat ipasa…”, “Halos lahat na ng mga pinapagawa uni-
unti ko ng nagagawa, pumapasok na din ako minsan na lang nale-late…”, “Ano di na ako
pala absent ngayon at gumagawa na rin ako ng mga activity sa school…” and “Ano yung
dati di ako gumagawa ng assignment ngayon kada may gagawin gumagawa na ko…”
process of acquiring new, or modifying existing and knowledge of youth at-risk. In fact,
six (6) respondents mentioned learning development in an interview test. “Oo, kasi
marami akong nalaman na di ko pa pala alam e…”, “Ahhh… hmmm… kase ano yung
mga grades ko dati bagsak ngayon medyo tumaas na HAHA. Yung dating 64 naging 75
tas mas nalaman ko na kaya naman pala…”, “Yung ano… nakakasagot na sa mga
recitations tsaka dati maraming 7 ngayon medyo ayos na… “, “Meron yung natuto kang
rumespeto at makipag-usap ng maayos, yung di tulad ng dati nong junior high pa lang
ako…”. Interestingly, one (1) respondent said learning development in oneself. “Meron
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yung sa ugali ko natutunan ko na yung dapat igalang yung iba lalo na yung sarili ko…”.
Aspiration
The fourth theme, realization, represents quotes from participants that contain
content about how they realize after knowing the importance of education in life. This
include who they wanted to be like when they grow up, and what they are doing already
that will help them reach their goals. Based on the responses, the four (4) sub-themes
were developed: finish school; have a good job; help the parents and have better
Eight (8) respondents said that finishing the school is the way to reach their goals.
Although they did not mention specific role models like becoming a psychology,
accountant or a teacher, they expressed their belief that education can greatly help them
to cope: They perceive education to play a vital role in order for them to survive and
succeed as students. “Ano yung wag kang susuko hangga’t kaya at makatapos ka na…”,
“Kailangan yung edukasyon dahil kailangan may alam tayo upang maimprove yung
kaalaman natin na akala natin alam na natin pero hindi pa pala tsaka kasi kapag
para makayari kami…”, “Ano… pahalagahan lahat ng subjects tapos gumawa ng mga
activity para tumaas ang grade at para maka-graduate…”. “Ayun number 1 talagang susi
pinansiyal at family, ganyan talaga dumadating sa buhay yung problema kaya kailangan
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magdasal lang lagi tsaka pag-butihan ang pag-aaral para makatapos ka…”, “Ano… yung
kailangan mong mag-aral at magsumikap. ‘Wag kang matamad para pumasa ka sa mga
man kailangan mong magsumikap para makapagtapos ka…” and “Yung kahit wala
naming problema sa pinansiyal basta magpapasok ka lang para pagdating ng araw dun
To have a good job is the realization of six (6) respondent declared: “Kailangan
edukasyon tulad nga ng mga sinasabi ng mga magulang at mga pinsan ko na ipagpatuloy
ko daw yung pag-aaral ko para kapag ako naman yung tumayong magulang tsaka yung
makapagtrabaho ako ng marangal, yung magiging sakto yung mga financial income
naming sakto lang yung hindi nagkukulang...”,“Mahalaga ang edukasyon kasi kailangan
mo ng diploma kapag nagtrabaho ka, kailangan yung diploma sa senior high school kaya
makakahanap ng magandang trabaho kahit di na ako mag college pag nakapagtapos ako
Four (4) respondent mentioned that his ultimate realization is to help their parents:
“Hmmm… yung magkaroon kami ng problema pero dahil sa tulong ng mga taong
nandyan kahit humihina yung loob ko parang lumalakas pa rin yung loob ko kasi di ka
nila iiwan tsaka parang maging inspirasyon mo sila sa mga ginagawa mo sa buhay para
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sa huli ako naman yung tutulong sa kanila...”, “Magsipag am ab-aaral, wag mag-absent,
para matulungan yung mga magulang…”, “Ang mga natutunan kong bagay ay magtiyaga
tapos naisip ko na para din naman sa akin iyo kaya pinagbutihan ko nang mag-aral kase
dati hindi ako masyadong pumapasok wala sa isip ko ang mag-aral yung parang tamad
ako pero narealize ko na dapat pa lang magsumikap ako dahil para din naman pala sa
akin yun kasi tinutuungan din ako ng mga teacher ko na magpursigi para din masuklian
ko yung paghihirap ng mga magulang ko…” and “Ano… para mapaunlad ko ang sarili
ko bilangtao hindi lang bilang estudyante, bilang isang anak tsaka para makatulong din
ako sa family ko ginagawa ko yung best ko para maging proud sila sakin.”
“Para saken mahalaga yung edukasyon para sa mga may pangarap. Para sa kinabukasan
ko din naman…”, “Amm yung natutunan ko mahalaga po kase dahil para din po sa ‘kin
nagtiyaga wala kang mararating…”, “Dapat magtiyaga lang ng magtiyaga ahh… wag
agad isuko yung mga pangarap mo…”, “Mahalaga yung edukasyon sa buhay dahil ito
yung susi para makamit ko yung mga pangarap ko…”,“Mag-aral ng am ab para malayo
yung buhay mo am aba ng iba ito ang pinaka magandang maipapamana sa atin ay yung
edukasyon kaya sobrang halaga neto kasi kung hindi ka makakapag aral saan tayo
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mapupunta…”, “Ayun marpursigi para maabot mo yung mga pangarap mo.”And “Ahh…
1. What are the different programs undertaken by the school in helping the SHS at-
risk students.
2. Give some steps that you think made the program effective?
“As a guidance counselor, you must be patient dapat pakahaba mo ang pasensiya
mo. Dapat marunong ka ring i-level ang sarili mo sa mga bata. Para di sila mahirapang
abutin. As much as possible ikaw ang mag-rereach sa kanila. Need mo ring maging
knowledgeable sa mga bagay bagay na kinahihiligan nila para alam mo paanong atake
ang gagawin. Kung kinakailangan mong maging ‘nanay’ sa kanila para maging at ease
sila sayo dapat gawin mo. Knowledgeable ka rin dapat sa mga techniques kung paano
3. In what way did your program encourage students to continue his studies? Explain.
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(Sa paanong paraan nakatulong ang inyong programa upang magpursigi sa mga mag-
aaral? Ipaliwanag.)
“Proven naman kasi yung mga ginagawa ko… Sabi nga tinatamad ng mag-aral
nabuntis pero di ko sinukuan. Umayaw sa pag-aaral dahil sa teacher pero napabalik pa.
sana lahat ng teachers kung ma-oorient at mate-train nang ganun katulad sa ginagawa ko.
4. Can you share some advice to help the students’ conquer the problems that they have
faced?
kanila kung di sarili din nila. Maging matiyaga sa lahat ng bagay hindi sapat ang pagiging
5. In your own opinion, what are the possible suggestion that could solve the increasing
(Sa iyong sariling pananaw, anu-anong suhestiyon ang maaring makatulong upang
masolusyunan
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“Hindi sapat ang tulong gobyerno. Dapat sa bahay palang well trained na ang mga
bata. Well values oriented na sila at dapat bigyan ng bonggang bonggang orientation ng
mga magulang sa responsible parenthood. Kasi kung okay ang palaki sa mga yan walang
mga at-risk. Kung meron man…kami as teachers and counsellor ang kanilang katulong…
displinadong mga kabataan dahil dito. Kaya sana naka-analyse nila ang mga batas na
manong yun ang pag-aralan nila. Dapat bago isagawa i-check mabuti kung tama baat
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CHAPTER V
recommendations.
Summary of Findings
1.1 Twenty-five (25) or 60.98% of the respondents were 18 years old and above,
fourteen(14) or 34.15% were 17 years old and two (2) or 4.88% were 16 years old.
1.2 Twenty-eight (28) or 68.29% of the respondents are male and Thirteen (13) or
and 20 have failed general average ranging 74 below in first semester (grade 11).
Meanwhile, respondents 24, 25, 26 and 27 also failed in the first semester with the
descriptor “did not meet expectation”. This means that they cannot complete the
requirements set by these subjects due to certain factors. The rest of other respondents
have a passing general average in terms of the core and applied subjects.
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1.4 Fifteen (15) or 36.59% of respondents have a family monthly income ranging
Php. 5,000 below. It is closely followed by Php. 5,001-10,000 with a total of fourteen
(14) or 34.15% respondents. While, nine (9) or 21.95% respondents have family income
family income. And lastly, two (2) or 4.88% respondents have the lowest family income
1.5 In terms of marital status of parent of the respondents. Married got the highest
that their parent are ‘not married’. It is closely followed by six (6) or 14.63% respondents
stated that their parents are ‘separated’. Two (2) or 4.88% respondents said that their
parent are ‘single mother’. Lastly, single father and both decease parent got the same
Using the At-risk Student Qualification Checklist, the researcher identified the
cases of the fourty-one (41) respondents as to how severe is the case on developing and
minimizing the risks. The highest of all the cases is absenteeism: 1.) fourty-one (41) or
100% has failed one (1) or more academic subjects in this school year; 2.) Thirty-nine
(39) or 95.12% has absenteeism that is greater than (10) percent during th first grading of
the current school year; 3.) Thirty-two (32) or 78.05% has back subjects from the
previous school years; 4. Twenty-one (21) or 51.21% has repeated one (1) grade level; 5.)
Twenty (20) or 48.78% has incurred absenteeism which was more than 20% of the
require number of class day in a school year; and 6.) one (1) or 2.44 is classified as non-
reader.
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Fourty-one or 100% is an emancipated youth.Thirty-four (34) out of 41 or 82.92%
34.15% of the respondents was a previous dropout. Three (3) cases or 30% of the
respondents had back subjects from previous school years. While, eleven (11) or 26.83%
lastly, four (4) or 9.75% has serious personal, mental and medical problems.
To sum up it all, the table could be shown that academic needs are one of the
main problems of the at-risk students that needs to assess and determined by the
researcher and it was the highest weighted mean of 3.08 with the general description of
“agree”. It is closely followed by 3.01 as self-esteem problems and factors. And then, we
have the 3rd rank is financial management as manifested with the mean of 2.86. While,
the 4th ranked rated mean is 2.8 and it is the family problems of the students. Finally, peer
problems with the general weighted mean of 2.78 was the 5 th ranked or last. Generally,
the total weighted mean that revealed in the problems and factors of the at-risk students is
2.91 means that students are “agreed” in all the following factors and problems stated
above.
Study results are presented into four themes with the corresponding sub-themes.
Challenges
includes quotes that express respondents’ views of the difficult and negative experiences
in their lives. For instance, one respondent related why he was involved in bad influences
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of friends. It contains threesub-themes; namely personal; family; and school. Fifteen
reported on-going challenges in going to school every day. And five (5) respondents
stated of being truant because of peer influence. Some respondents noted personal
challenges associated with early parenthood. Basically, students who are encountering
more challenges in their families, schools and peers are more prone to risks and have
Experience
When participants described challenges, they were probed to explain how they
managed these situations. Quotes that included content in which participants explained
how they responded to challenges make up the theme, experience. The subthemes; self-
situation that the respondents have experienced while studying senior high school. These
challenge. Five (5) or 12.20% respondents answered self-esteem and early parenthood.
While, four (4) or 9. 76% mentioned experience of addiction. Lastly, two (2) or 4.88%
Development
When participants described challenges, they were probed to explain how they
managed these situations. Question no.5Are there changes in your studies after the action
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had been made? (Mayroon bang pagbabagong naganap sa iyong pag-aaral matapos ang
isinagawang aksyon?) was asked to the at-risk students. Quotes that included content in
which participants explained how they responded to challenges make up the theme,
development and progress that the respondents have experienced while studying senior
high school. These categories of development refer to the descriptions of action taken in
response to a challenge. The first sub-theme ‘behavior’ development got nine (9) or
21.95% response of respondents. Six (6) or 14.63% said learning development in their
study. While, Five (5) or 12.20 stated ‘interest’ development. And four (4) or 9.76 stated
Aspiration
The fourth theme, realization, represents quotes from participants that contain
content about how they realize after knowing the importance of education in life. This
include who they wanted to be like when they grow up, and what they are doing already
that will help them reach their goals. Based on the responses, the five (4) sub-themes
were developed: finish school; have a good job;help the parents and have better
future. Twelve (12) or 9.76% respondents realize the importance of education is to “have
better future. While, eight (8) or 19. 51% of the respondents said “finish school”is one of
the most important realization they know. It is closely followed by “have a good job”
with an average of 14.63% of response. And “help the parent” got the lowest percentage
of 9.76% or 4 respondents.
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1. What are the different programs undertaken by the school in helping the SHS at-risk
students.
2. Give some steps that you think made the program effective?
“As a guidance counselor, you must be patient dapat pakahaba moa ng pasensiya
mo. Dapat marunong ka ring i-level ang sarili mo sa mga bata. Para di sila mahirapang
abutin. As much as possible ikaw ang mag-rereach sa kanila. Need mo ring maging
knowledgeable sa mga bagay bagay na kinahihiligan nila para alam mo paanong atake
ang gagawin. Kung kinakailangan mong maging ‘nanay’ sa kanila para maging at ease
sila sayo dapat gawin mo. Knowledgeable ka rin dapat sa mga techniques kung paano
3. In what way did your program encourage students to continue his studies? Explain.
(Sa paanong paraan nakatulong ang inyong programa upang magpursigi am ab-aaral?
Ipaliwanag.)
“Proven naman kasi yung mga ginagawa ko… kahit na tinatamad na mag-aral
nabuntis pero di ko sinukuan. Umayaw am ab-aaral dahil sa teacher pero napabalik pa.
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Yun ay dahil naipakita ko sa kanila na kailangan nila maniwala sa akin…kaya naman
sana lahat ng teachers kung ma-oorient at mate-train nang ganun katulad sa ginagawa ko.
4. Can you share some advice to help the students’conquer the problems that they have
faced?
kanila kung di sarili din nila. Maging matiyaga sa lahat ng bagay hindi sapat ang pagiging
5. In your own opinion, what are the possible suggestion that could solve the increasing
(Sa iyong sariling pananaw, anu-anong suhestiyon ang maaring makatulong upang
masolusyunan
“Hindi sapat ang tulong gobyerno. Dapat sa bahay palang well trained na ang mga
bata. Well values oriented na sila at dapat bigyan ng bonggang bonggang orientation ng
mga magulang sa responsible parenthood. Kasi kung okay ang palaki sa mga yan walang
mga at-risk. Kung meron man…kami as teachers and counsellor ang kanilang katulong…
displinadong mga kabataan dahil tamad. Kaya sana naka-analyse nila ang mga batas na
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pinapatupad…maging ng mga curriculum na inimplement. Daming research na gingawa
manong yun ang pag-aralan nila. Dapat bago isagawa i-check muna kung tamaba at swak
Conclusions
1. Respondents in at-risk students age were 18years old and above, male, have an
academic performance ranging 75-79, have family monthly income ranging Php 5,001
2.Using the At-risk Student Qualification Checklist, the researcher identified that
most of the cases has failed one (1) or more academic subjects this school year, had
absenteeism that is greater than ten (10%) percent during the first semester of the current
3. Respondents have much needed support in order to focus on their study to have
a better bachelor degree and they are agreed that family problems, financial problems,
academic, peer problems and self-esteem problems that can affects at-risks students to
have a low grade, poor academic performance and may cause a learner to be a student at-
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5.In terms of the four themes, the study gathered the voices of the at-risk student
and results are consistent with evidences gained about risk from quantitative
investigations. In this regard, one can see how interactions among risk factors like low
school commitment and protective factors like academic support offer a promising path
6. Results suggest that there are important problems that should be taken into
School have full time guidance counselors and school psychologists who can help out in
developing intervention programs for these students at-risk, there is an urgent need to
capacitate the school staff, particularly the class advisers and parents’ orientation in order
7. The study proved that the lived experiences of at-risk students do not
Recommendations
Based on the summary of findings and conclusions, the researcher has offered the
counselor must have a plan of action and periodic conference to discuss the problems,
needs and academic performance of the students. This is to establish a close monitoring
scheme which is multilateral so that proper conclusions and interventions for at-risks
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2. The Guidance and Counseling Office must strengthen its intervention programs
and implementing policies like EduChild so that at-risks students are given proper
3. The potential family, financial, academic, peers and self-esteem problems and
4. Provide intervention program to assist the students at-risk to cope with their
academic problems;
5. Craft school level and class level programs and projects that will address
students’ absenteeism. Provide motivating and interesting activities that will make these
students based on their own life narratives for them to develop and minimize risks;
different classes which will address the problems on family, financial, academic, peers
and self-esteem.
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APPENDICES A
PAGALANGGANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
DINALUPIHAN, BATAAN
“UNDERSTANDING YOUTH AT-RISK OF DROPPING OUT AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAM AMONG SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN
PAGALANGGANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”
S.Y: 2018-2019
At-Risk Qualification Checklist
Name of Students: _________________________
Age: ____
Sex: ____
Grade Level/ Strand: _____________
An At-Risk SHS students who meets any three (3) of the following criteria in A or any
one
CRITERIA A CRITERIA B
TOTAL TOTAL
Grades in the following academic applied and core subjects in the last semester.
GRADE 12 GRADE 11
English for Academic and Professional Purposes Empowerment Technology
Practical Research II Oral Communication__
Entrepreneurship General Mathematics
Filipino sa Piling Larang Akademik/ Tech-Voc Earth and Life Science
Personal Development Komunikasyon sa Pananaliksik
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics P.E and Health I
P.E and Health III
APPENDICES B
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Survey-Questionnaire for the Research Study Entitled
“Understanding Youth At-Risk of Dropping Out and Intervention Programs among
Senior High Students in
Pagalanggang National High School”
Dear Respondents,
Sincerely yours,
Noted:
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B. Financial
C. Academic
D. Peer Problems
E. Self-Esteem
Note:
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“Most of questions stated above were truly adapted in the study of Mrs. Lerma Garcia-
Gerella (May 2017) “Assessing Needs and Potential Problems of Balik-Aral Students
of Bataan National High School: Basis for Counseling Intervention”.
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5. Are there changes in your studies after the action had been made? Explain.
(Mayroon bang pagbabagong naganap sa iyong pag-aaral matapos ang isinagawang
aksyon? Ipaliwanag.)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
6. What have you learned being students’ of senior high after, knowing the importance of
education in your life?
(Ano ang iyong natutunan bilang isang mag-aaral ng senior high matapos mong
malaman ang kahalagahan ng edukasyon sa buhay?)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. In what way did your program encourage students to continue his studies? Explain.
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(Sa paanong paraan nakatulong ang inyong programa upang makapanghikayat sa mga
mag-aaral? Ipaliwanag.)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. Will you share some advice to help the students conquer the problems that they have
faced?
(Maari ka bang magbahagi ng ilang payo sa mga mag-aaral upang mapatagumpayan
ang kanilang suliraning kinaharap).
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
____
5. In your own opinion, what are the possible suggestions that could solve the increasing
number of students at-risk in your school?
(Sa iyong sariling pananaw, ano-anong mga suhestiyon ang maaring makatulong upang
masolusyonan ang bilang ng pagdami ng mga at-risk sa inyong paaralan?)
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
____
Validated by:
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APPENDICES C
Department of Education
Region III
Pagalanggang National High School
Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
Greeting of Peace!
We, the researchers from 12-HUMSS would like to ask permission to your good
office to conduct a survey for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Research
Project/Culminating Activity. The study entitled, “UNDERSTANDING YOUTH AT-
RISK OF DROPPING OUT AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AMONG
SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN PAGALANGGANG NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL”for the School Year 2018-2019.
MIRAFLOR A. RONQUILLO
Asst. SHS Principal II
LORINDA R. POBLETE
School Principal II
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131
APPENDICES D
Department of Education
Region III
Pagalanggang National High School
Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
We, the researchers from 12-HUMSS students were having a survey for the
fulfillment for the requirements in Research Project/Culminating Activity. The study
entitled, “UNDERSTANDING YOUTH AT-RISK AND INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS AMONG SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN PAGALANGGANG
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”,for the School Year 2018-2019.
Approved:
MIRAFLOR A. RONQUILLO
Asst. SHS Principal II
LORINDA R. POBLETE
School Principal II
APPENDICES D
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Department of Education
Region III
Pagalanggang National High School
Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
We, the researchers from 12-HUMSS students were having a survey for the
fulfillment for the requirements in Research Project/Culminating Activity. The study
entitled, “UNDERSTANDING YOUTHAT-RISK OF DROPPING OUT AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AMONG SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN
PAGALANGGANG NATIONAL HIGH SCOOL”,for the School Year 2018-2019.
CYNTHIA M. NANOZ
11 TVL-CSS Adviser
Approved:
MIRAFLOR A. RONQUILLO
Asst. SHS Principal II
LORINDA R. POBLETE
School Principal II
LETTER OF VALIDATION FOR SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
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APPENDICES E
Department of Education
Region III
Pagalanggang National High School
Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
01 March 2019
To Whom It May Concern:
The items stipulated there were found sufficient, accurate, and in order the study
being conducted.
MIRAFLOR A. RONQUILLO
Asst. SHS Principal II
Pagalanggang National High School
LORINDA R. POBLETE
School Principal II
Pagalanggang National High School
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Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
01 March 2019
Respectfully yours,
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Pagalanggang National High School
Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
01 March 2019
Respectfully yours,
MIRAFLOR A. RONQUILLO
Asst. SHS Principal II
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APPENDICES F
Department of Education
Region III
Pagalanggang National High School
Pagalanggang Dinalupihan, Bataan
01 March 2019
To Whom It May Concern:
Greeting of Peace!
The researchers from Humanities and Social Sciences are presently working for
their thesis entitled “UNDERSTANDING YOUTH AT-RISK OF DROPPING OUT
AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AMONG SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN
PAGALANGGANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”, for the School Year 2018-2019,
as partial fulfillment for their requirements in Research Project/Culminating Activity. In
view of the above-mentioned matter, the researchers are granted permission to administer
their questionnaires to the identified respondents inside the school for the dry run they
will need in able to determine the content validity of their research instruments, provided
that no government time, facilities, and property will be exploited for the purpose.
LORINDA R. POBLETE
School Principal II
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01 March 2019
LORINDA R. POBLETE
School Principal II
Pagalanggang National High School
Dear Ma’am,
May the researchers have the honor to request permission to conduct our research
study entitled “UNDERSTANDING YOUTH AT-RISK OF DROPPING OUT AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AMONG SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN
PAGALANGGANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”, for the School Year 2018-2019.
This is in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Research Project/Culminating
Activity.
Please allow researchers to conduct the study in the following grade level and
strands.
No. Senior High School Strands Number of Students
Grade 11 Grade 12 Total
1 Humanities and Social Sciences (HumSS) 5 4 9
2 General Academic Strand (GAS) 9 6 15
3 Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL)-Computer 4 4 8
System Servicing (CSS)
4 Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL)-Agriculture 5 4 9
Tota 23 18 41
l
The survey questionnaire is hereto attached.
Respectfully yours,
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APPENDICES G
LETTER OF PERMISSION TO USE THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
01 March 2019
LERMA GARCIA-GERELLA
Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling
Madam,
The items stipulated in the survey questionnaire containing word ‘factors’ for
the current study. Your study will be properly cited to recognize you as the primary
source of the instruments.
Sincerely yours,
Noted:
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APPENDICES H
1. What are the problems that you have encountered as senior high students?
(Anu-anong mga suliranin ang iyong kinaharap bilang isang mag-aaral ng senior
high?)
RESPONDENT RESPONSE
S
R1 “Family problem hmmmm… financial.“
R2 “Ahh palaging late ahh di sa uniform hindi naka complete
uniform.”
R3 “Thesis. sa mga activities nahihirapan ako.”
R4 “Sa pamilya kase hindi sapat yung kinikita nila mama.”
R5 “Para sa akin yung pinansiyal talaga kase di naman ganun kalaki
yung kinikita ng mga magulang ko sa trabaho nila.”
R6 “Amm..ano po medyo nahihirapan sa mga activities po ganun at
projects.”
R7 “Mahirap lalong lalo na yung mga thesis tsaka projects.”
R8 “Not available”
R9 “Not available”
R10 “Not available”
R11 “Ahh sa pagtuturo ng English pagdating sa grammar hindi ako
gaanong makasagot dahil nga nahihirapan ako pagdating sa mga
akademik.”
R12 “Yung mga naging problema ko yung naka-buntis ako yung
nagkaroon ako ng anak mahirap pero masarap sa feeling tuwing
nakikita mo yung anak mo.”
R13 “Pagkakaroon ng maraming bagsak sa iba’t ibang subjects dahil
sa palaging absent at pagcucutting sa klase.”
R14 “Yung ano problema pamilya kasabay nito yung mga
pampinansiyal na pangangailangan.”
R15 “Sa family problem, ayun family problem, dahil mahirap pumasok
nang may problema dahil wala yung isip mo wala sa school kundi
nasa ibang bagay, may iniisip ka kasi eh.”
R16 “Mahirap yung subject tas mahirap yung itinuturo hindi katulad
noong grade 10.”
R17 “Not available”
R18 “Ano…mga research ganun. Saka sa mga grades at project.”
R19 “Not Available”
R20 “Pagiging late tas Family problem financial problem.”
R21 “Thesis mga project.”
R22 “Parang wala naman e wait…iisipin ko. Ahh…sa ano pamilya
kapag nag-aaway yung nanay at tatay ko dahil sa pera.”
R23 “Paggising sa umaga, ano pera, projects, assignment at quiz.”
R24 “Amm... marami tulad nga yung maaga akong nagkababy tapos
mga pinansiyal problem.”
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R25 “Sa thesis ayun lang problema ko haha…”
R26 “Paging late at at-risk ko. Problema din sa bahay.”
R27 “Stress, tapos yung layo ng biyahe ganun.”
R28 “Problema ko ano yung sa thesis tapos lahat ng subjects.”
R29 “Yung nagkaroon ng bagsak tsaka yung napapatawag yung mga
magulang ko.”
R30 “Not available”
R31 “Marami nang bayaran sa school tapos lalong tumaas mas
mahirap na yung mga subjects ngayon.”
R32 “Amm… yung problema ko yung pakikipag-away ditto sa school”
R33 “pinansiyal.”
R34 “Hmm…sa mga subjects, sa thesis po kase mahirap.”
R35 “Thesis, projects, amm… teachers madalas ang dami nilang
pinapagawa tsaka di pako handa sa mga gawain nay un saka
stress madami na akong iniisip, depressed na ako sa bahay lalo
na sa school.”
R36 “Not available”
R37 “Unang-una yung mga kaklase ko parang diko sila ramdam
kunbaga may sari-sarili silang mundo yung feeling na outcast ka
kaya lagi akong nasa ibang room.”
R38 “Yung problema po naming sa bahay at sa school dahil hindi kop
o inasahan na ganito po pala kahirap.”
R39 “Defense, pera yun lang.”
R40 “Pagkakaroon po ng kulang sa pinansiyal kaya di ako
nakakapasok.”
R41 “Yung ano yung ga kaklaseng kong nag-aaya sa akin na
magcutting tapos di kami papasok.”
2. Can you mention some reasons regarding the problems you have encountered while
studying senior high school?
(Maari ka bang maglahad ng mga sanhi ukol sa suliraning iyong kinaharap?)
RESPONDENT RESPONSE
S
R1 “Nagkakaproblema sa pinansiyal dahil sa mahal na yung bilihin,
kulang yung kinikita ng mga magulang ko.”
R2 “Trabaho dahil ang hirap ipagsabay sa pag-aaral.”
R3 ‘Kasi po mahirap. Nahihirapan lang po minsan hindi po
makasunod.”
R4 “Yung di pagkakaunawaan, yung di nila nabibigay ang ibang
pangangailangan ko di talaga kakasya para sa amin nadistract
din ako kapag usapan na ang pag-ibig ganu kasi parang isa na
rin yun sa mga dahilan kung bakit naapektuhan yung pag-aaral
ko kapag asyado akong nagdadamdam tungkol dun.”
R5 “Dahil wala pong maganda trabaho at hindi nakapagtapos ang
mga magulang ko.”
R6 “Pinansiyal ganyan, kulang sa pera.”
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R7 “Dahil napupuyat ka tsaka namamayat ka tas minsan inaantok sa
klase.”
R8 “Not available”
R9 “Not available”
R10 “Not available”
R11 ‘Ano kase kahit ano talagang gawin ko parang hirap na hirap
akong intindihin siguro dahil hindi ako agad nakapag-aral tulad
ng iba kong kaklase.”
R12 “Siguro pagkaminsan wala akong kasama kaya ano-anong mga
bagay pumapasok sa isip ko.”
R13 “Dahil hindi ko ginagawa yung mga pinapagawa at kawalan ng
focus sa pag-aaral.”
R14 “Mga magulang ko walang trabaho kaya nakatira lang ako kay
tita.”
R15 “Dahil sa paghihiwalay ng magulang ko.”
R16 “Family problem ganun. Yung minsan gusto mong pumasok pero
dika makapasok dahil gusto mong ayusin yung problema ng
pamilya nyo.”
R17 “Not available”
R18 “Kase hindi ako katulad ng iba na ganun katalino at malawak
yung pag-iisip.”
R19 “Not available”
R20 “Ano minsan kase kinakapos yung sahod tapos yung pagiging late
naman dahil sa pagtulog ng wala sa oras tas minsan umaabot ng
hatig gabi kakaonline games.”
R21 “Kase nahihirapan talaga ako hindi ko maintindihan.”
R22 “Sapagkat ang nanay ko ay nagmamanicure at si tatay ko naman
ay isa lang pedicab driver.”
R23 “Pagpupuyat madalas kase ano e nag-eeml kami kaya hindi
nakakagawa ng projects, assignment.”
R24 “Siguro may mga problema na dumadating sa buhay na yung na
sa akin lang diko mailabas kase personal na problema yun.”
R25 “Di ako ano… sumasamang naggagawa kaya yun mababa
nakukuha kong grades.”
R26 “Ayun nga dahil din sa family problem at mas lalo na dahil sa
pagpupuyat kakalaro ng online games halos di na ko
makapagpasa ng mga requirements.”
R27 “Kasi ano… minsan nahihirapan tas yung sa biyahe naman
malayo kasi Palihan hanggang dito.”
R28 “Kase nahihirapan ako lalo na kapag English di ko po
maintindihan lalo lang po sumasakit ulo ko.”
R29 “Dahil sa pag-aabsent tsaka di gumagawa ng mga projects tas
assignment.”
R30 “Not Available”
R31 “Ano siguro kasi diba syempre yung strand namin parang mas
alam mo yun yung ang baba ng tingin sa amin.”
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R32 “Dahilan ko dahil sa sama ng loob tsaka init ng ulo.”
R33 “Madai po yun ehhh. Ano po kasi nagtitinda lang kami ng sari-
sari dun lang kumukuha ng pambaon hindi sya ganun kasapat.”
R34 “Kasi ano ahh yung nahihirapan ako pag ano yung defense
English kase.”
R35 “Siguro di sa pakikinig sa mga guro ganyan.walang pakikiisa sa
kaklase at hindi pagpasok.”
R36 “Not Available”
R37 “Hmmm…. Di ko alam kung paano ko siya maipapaliwanag kasi
ngayon ko lang naranasan ito kasi from grade 1 to grade 6
parang sa mga kaklase ko lahat sila nakakausap ko tapos grade 7
to 10 kada section nman napupuntahan ko ramdam ko sila pero
nung ano ayun nga nung grade 11 tsak grade12 alam mo yun may
kanya kanya silang mundo tsaa hindi ako makasabay kasi nag
aabsent ako madalas basta hindi ko talaga nararamdaman na
belong ako tulad nun picture taking natin sa ating magkakaklase
ako lang yung hindi napicturan.”
R38 “Yung tungkol sa problema ko sa pamilya. Saka yung kakulangan
ng budget sa pag-aaral.”
R39 “Wala pa akong trabaho tapos kulang yung pera tas yung natitira
na pera nagagastos ko pa. Tricycle driver at nagpepedicure lang
ang guardian ko.”
R40 “Single parent lang mama ko e kaya hirap din kaming maghanap-
buhay.”
R41 “Siguro dahil sa tukso ganun. Matamad pumasok.”
3. What are the solutions that you have made/ or the school to solve the problems that
you have experienced.
(Ano-anong mga hakbang ang iyong isinagawa at ng paaralan upang malagpasan ang
suliraning iyong naranasan?)
RESPONDENT RESPONSE
S
R1 “Napilitan akong mag-working student ganun. Lagi silang
nagpapaalala saken na magsikap daw ako yung ganon.”
R2 “Hindi ko pa nareresolve eh hehe. Ah siguro ano pagbutihan pa
lalo yung pag aaral ko at pumasok ng maaga.”
R3 “Ano yung ginawa mo kahit mahirap, ginawa mo yung best mo
ganun lang. Tas kinausap ka para baguhin mo yung dapat mong
baguhin tapos gumawa talag sila ng paraan para matuto ka.”
R4 “Nag-ipon pansarili ko para sa pag-aaral ko.”
R5 “Ako nagsisikap kasi yun lang naman yung masusukli ko sa mga
magulang ko eh. Mas pinag-igihan ko pag-aaral ko para mas
maging matagumpay lahat ng ginagawa ko.”
R6 “Sipag at saka tiyaga. Pakikinig sa mga sinasabi nila.”
R7 “Nakakatulong naman ito upang may matutunan ka.”
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R8 “Not available”
R9 “Not available”
R10 “Not available”
R11 “Una yung sa teacher ko na rin yung nagbisita sa bahay nung
hindi na ako pumapasoktas ayun hinikayat nila akong pumasok
para nun para makapagtapos ako pag dating ng araw.”
R12 “pamamaraan ko kahit nag-aaral ako nagsisikap ako para sa
anak ko rin gumagawa ako ng diskarte para sa kanya tapos
naman minsan pagka wala ako sinasabi nila sa akin kung ano
yung mga dapat gawin para magkaroon ako ng grades.
R13 “nagtino ako dahil para din naman sa akin to. Pinagsabihan din
ako ng adviser ko at pinamulat sa akin na wala akong mapapala
sa pagaabsent. Yung mga programa tulad ng ‘teacher’s day’ sa
pamamagitan muli naming naalala lahat ng sakripisyon na
inilaan ng mga teachers naming upang may matutunan kami”
R14 “Wala…naglilibang lang ako para ano…makalimutan ko yung
problema ko at yung pag-aaral ko mapagbuti”
R15 “ang ginawa ko lang kasi kapag nasa bahay ako doon kung lang iniisip
yung problema ko, pagnandito sa school minsan magfofocus lang ako
sa tinuturo yung tipong kakalimutan ko muna yung problema ko sa
labas”
R16 “Pakikipag-usap sa teacher at yung mga sinasabi nila sa akin na
gawin ko yung dapat gawin para pumasa”
R17 Not available
R18 “Nag ano… tumulong sa mga kaklase ko tapos nagtiyaga at
nagsumikap. Lagi akong pinapayuhan ni sir Ally pati ng iba pang
teachers”
R19 Not available
R20 “Naglaan ako ng sapat na oras para sa paglalaro ng online
games tapos sa financial naman di ako gumagastos sa mga
walang kabagay-bagay na di dapat bilin at gastusin”
R21 “nagsisikap lang. tinulugan kami ng teacher naming na ayusin
yung mga project”
R22 “Wag mo na lang isipin yung problema na yun”
R23 “Matulog ng maaga. Gumawa ng mga projcts, assignment tsaka
quiz sa abot ng makakaya”
R24 “Syempre una-unang dasal ayun di mamawala then, gawin mo
yung gusto mo yung magpapasaya sayo. Ayun di nila ako
pinabayaan tinulugan pa rin nila ako kahit na nagkaproblema ako
nandyan pa rin sila di sila nagsasawang tumulong dahil
mayroong Diyos na gumagabay sa akin”
R25 “ Tumulong na ako sa mga kagrupo ko para may magawa din ako
tas pumapasok na’ko.”
R26 “Advice ng teacher kaya nalagpasan at unti unti kong nabago
yung problema at mga maling ginagawa ko. Sa sarili ko naman
inisip ko yung makakabuti para sakin at sap ag-aaral ko.”
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R27 “Yung sa stress ko naman binibigyan akong advice ni maam k tas
si ma’am Melanie tas dun naman sa biyahe tuwing umaga sabay
kami ni ma’am Melanie pumapasok para di nalelate ganon saka
para makatipid na din.”
R28 “Nagsikap kahit mahirap ganun.”
R29 “Ano nagsipag ako tsaka yung pinapagawa ng teacher ko
ginagawa ko na din. Inayos din nila yung mga grades ko, saka
sinundo nya ako sa bahay.”
R30 “Not Available”
R31 “Umeextra ako doon sa tita ko para makapagbayad at makagawa
ako ng mga projects ko. Saka po lagi silang nakagabay sakin.”
R32 “Yung nagiging mahinahon tas hindi ko na inuulit yung bagay na
ganon. Yung ano… kinausap nya ako tungkol sa ganun na ginawa
ko tapos tas sinabihan ako ng teacher ko na wag ng ulitin yung
bagay na yun.”
R33 “Nagsikap po. Minsan po nagwoworking student ako. Yung
teacher ko po kinausap ako ganun at tsaka pinayuhan.”
R34 “Pinag aralan ko lang ng mabuti tsaka naglaan ako ng oras,
tinulungan nila ako upang mas lalo kong maintindihan.”
R35 “Natuto akong maki isa dahil mahirap mag aral ng wala kang
alam. Nagbigay sila ng gabay at leksyon ganyan at lecture. Tulad
ng pag explain pag ka nahihirapan sa isang topic ganyan.”
R36 “Not Available”
R37 “Ayun nagtry ako magreach out may mga nagresponse naman
kaya ayun tsaka nandyan naman yung mga kaklase ko before kaya
naging okay naman. Tas ayun si maam olie lagi niya akong
kinakausap, chinachat niya ko tas dumating pa nga sa point na
icounseling niya dapat ako kasi lumapit ako sa kanya sabi ko
icounseling niya ako kasi yung problema ko sa sarili ko bat
naging ganto mas lalong lumalala. Nung mga panahon na iyon
ahm kasalukuyan naglalakad kami eh sa questionnaire namin
tsaka busy din siya kaya di kami nakapag usap.”
R38 “Pag ano para malibang na lang ako tumatambay ako sa gabi tas
naglalaro ako ng basket ball para makalimutan at malagpasan ko
din yung problema ko. Syempre pinagsasabihan din ako nila
maam olie na laging may dahilan ang Diyos kung bakit ko ito
nararanasan.”
R39 “Naghanap ako ng extrang trabaho para mabayaran yung
bayarin sa school. Tapos tinulungan niya ako na makiusap sa
mga teacher ko para maipasa ako.”
R40 “Kapag walang pasok nag eextra akong magtrabaho tapos
kinukumbinsi ako ng mga teacher ko na kapag walang pasok doon
ako mag trabaho.”
R41 “Inisip ko yung magulang ko na nagpapaaral sa akin para
masuklian ko yun. Mas tinuruan nila ako ginabayan at support.”
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4. In your own opinion, are the solution made by your school had helped you? How?
(Sa iyong palagay, nakatulong baa ng mga ginawang hakbang ng paaralan? Paano?
RESPONDENTS RESPONSE
R1 “Oo nakatulong naman dahil medyo nagbago din ako ng kaunti.”
R2 “Oo. Nung first sem medyo mababa yung grades ko tas nung
ngayon medyo tumaas na din.”
R3 “Oo nakatulong naman. Ano kase dahiil don natutunan mo siya
nagbago ka. Lagi na akong pumapasok tapos yung grades ko din
medyo naging okay na.”
R4 “Pinapayuhan nila ako kung ano daw yung dapat kong gawin.”
R5 “Oo naman kasi para sakin naman unti-unti naman nag-iimprove
o maayos naman kalagayan ng pag-aaral ko dahil sa kanila.”
R6 “Oo. Magpursigi lang po para unti unti pong malagpasan yung
problema ko.”
R7 “Oo, kasi pagkagraduate mo marami kang nalaman na bago.”
R8 “Not available”
R9 “Not available”
R10 “Not available”
R11 “Oo kase hmm… binibisita nga nila ako napapayag din nila
akong pumasok ulit kahit na ahhh… hirap na hirap na ko
umiintindi sa ibang mga subjects tinutulungan pa rin nila ako
yung mga name-missed kong activity pinapagawa pa rin nila
sakin kahit mahirap.”
R12 “Oo, kase kahit wala ako nalalaman ko yung mga gagawin na
dapat kong ipasa”
R13 “hmm… oo, sa mga salita na kailangan isipin muna lahat ng
gagawin bago isagawa saka natututo akong rumespeto sa kahit na
sino maging sa mga guro ko”
R14 “Siguro. Pagpatuloy ko daw yung pag-aaral ko para matapos ko
yung senior high”
R15 “Oo, pinayuhan ako ng mga guro ko”
R16 “Oo, kase sila yung nakakapagturo sa amin para matuto sa kung
ano-anong mga bagay”
R17 Not available
R18 “Oo, medyo nagimprove ako mag-aral dahil alam ko na tangin
sarili ko lamang ang makakatulong sa akin”
R19 Not available
R20 “ ano… ginuide nila ako na dun sa pagpasok ng maaga dapat
kasi Malaki daw yung epekto nito sa aking pag-aaral”
R21 “oo, nakatulong sila yung mga project naming sila yung
pangunahing dahilan kung bakit kami nakakapasa”
R22 “Oo, ngayon pumapasok na ako madalas”
R23 “Oo, nakatulong naman sa pagpayo sakin ng tama”
R24 “Oo, napakalaki. Sa paraang ayun nga tinutukan pa rin nila ako
para makapag-aral ng maayos kahit a hati yung oras sa
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paginging magulang at mag-aaral”
R25 “Meron naman. Lagi nila akong pinagsasabihan na magseryoso
sap ag-aaral.”
R26 “Oo. Nabawasan yung pagka-late ko ganon kase dahil sa
natutunan ko sa tulong din ng mga teachers ko.”
R27 “Oo, kase bukod sa hindi na ako nahihirapan mas marami pa
akong natutunan.”
R28 “Oo, nakatulong na mag-aral ng mabuti saka making sa
teacher.”
R29 “Nakatulong upang maipasa yung mga subjects ko.”
R30 “Not Available”
R31 “Kasi diba dati lagging pinupuntahan ng mga teachers ngayon di
na pinupuntahan.”
R32 “Oo kase ginawa nila yung tama sinabi nila na wag ko ng ulitin
yun na wag ko ng gawin ulit.”
R33 “Oo, kase dati di po ako pala pasok tas nahikayat po ako ng mga
teachers ko na mas magpursigi pa dahil para din naman po saken
yun.
R34 “Kasi noong una parang hirap na hirap ako pero ngayon mas
nahasa at alam ko na ang dapat kong gawin.”
R35 “Malaki ang naitulong nun sakin dail madami akong natutunan.”
R36 “Not Available”
R37 “Yung ano advice na binibigay ni mam olie tsaka yung mga
sinasabi niya nakatulong naman yun sakin na sabi niya pumasok
daw ako subukan kong magreach out ng magreach out sa mga
kaklase ko baka mamaya kulang din ako sa pakikipag
communicate sa kanila. Yun ginagawa ko naman siya.”
R38 “Oo yung…diba dapat hihinto na ako tapos yun kinausap nila ako
para hindi huminto at upang magpatuloy sa pag-aaral.”
R39 “Oo kahit papaano unti unti ng omookay yung grades ko.”
R40 “Oo yung pagpasok ko araw-araw tas naiimprove yung grades
ko.”
R41 “Sa tingin ko oo kasi nagbago na ako.”
5. Are there changes in your studies after the action had been made?
(Mayroon bang pagbabagong naganap sa iyong pag-aaral matapos ang isinagawang
aksyon?)
RESPONDENT RESPONSE
S
R1 “Yung laging pumapasok sa eskwela at nagpapasa ng mga dapat
ipasa.”
R2 “Meron po. Yung pagpasok ng naaayon sa tama. Tapos ahhh
gumagawa din ng mga activities sa school.”
R3 “Oo yung dating ako na pala absent ngayon nagtino na.”
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R4 “Meron naman, yung dati kase nagka-cutting ako ngayon hindi
na.”
R5 “Meron naman nagbago umayos yung kalagayan ng pag-aaral ko
dahil dati parang nawawalan ako ng gana pero simula ng
tinulungan ko ng mga teachers ko parang nagbago yung pananaw
ko sa pagiging estudyante.”
R6 “Opo. Ano naging matiyaga sa pag-aaral at nagsusumikap.
R7 “Oo, kasi marami akong nalaman na di ko pa pala alam e.”
R8 “Not available”
R9 “Not available”
R10 “Not available”
R11 “Ahhh… hmmm… kase ano yung mga grades ko dati bagsak
ngayon medyo tumaas na HAHA. Yung dating 64 naging 75 tas
mas nalaman ko na kaya naman pala.”
R12 “meron, dahil minsan kapag nagpapacheck-up yung asawa ko
minsan di na ako nakakapasok dahil sinasamahan ko siya kahit
na ganun pa dahil sa tulong ni sir patuloy pa rin akong
pumapasok at nagsusumikap pa”
R13 “Oo, tulad ng pagtino at pagpupursigi ko sa pag-aaral”
R14 “Yung ano… nakakasagot na sa mga recitations tsaka dati
maraming 7 ngayon medyo ayos na “
R15 “Meron kapag pumapasok na ako nasa sarili na ako, diko na iniisip
yung mga problema tas masaya na ako ganun”
R16 “Meron yung natuto kang rumespeto at makipag-usap ng maayos,
yung di tulad ng dati nong junior high pa lang ako”
R17 Not available
R18 “meron din po yung hihi…medyo madalas na akong pagpasok ko
ngayon tapos parang mas nagging interesado din ako sa pag-
aaral”
R19 Not available
R20 “Oo, kase nagbago yung buhay ko e. Na dating nagaabsent
nagyon bihira na lamang meron naman, pagpasok ng maaga
tapos pakikinig sa teacher ng maayos tapos pakikikooperate”
R21 “Dahil sa tulong nila tumaas yung grade ko kahit papano.”
R22 “Meron yung sa ugali ko natutunan ko na yung dapat igalang
yung iba lalo na yung sarili ko”
R23 “Meron naman hindi na ako gaanong nalalate medyo tumataas
na mga grades ko.”
R24 “Oo, malaking pagbabago yung naganap dahil ayun nga sa huli
pinagbuti ko rin ang aking pag-aaral para sa kinabukasan ng
aking anak.”
R25 “Oo. Dahil kahit papano nagkaroon na ako ng grades sa ibang
subjects.”
R26 “Hmmm… yung pagpasok ko araw-araw yung grades ko po
medyo umayos na.”
R27 “Oo, naging mas interesado ako lalo sa klase ganon.”
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R28 “Oo, meron naman yung ano… dati di ako nakikinig ngayon
nakikinig na.”
R29 “Halos lahat na ng mga pinapagawa uni-unti ko ng nagagawa,
pumapasok na din ako minsan na lang nale-late.”
R30 “Not Available”
R31 “Ano di na ako pala absent ngayon at gumagawa na rin ako ng
mga activity sa school.”
R32 “Oo meron. Yung… naging ano na ko naging… basta yun na
yun… matured na kahit papaano hindi na immatured.”
R33 “Ano yung dati di ako gumagawa ng assignment ngayon kada
may gagawin gumagawa na ko.”
R34 “Hmmm… meron naman, hindi na ako ganoon nahihirapan tulad
ng dati.”
R35 “Madami kasi nagmatured na ko malawak na ang pag iisip ko.”
R36 “Not Available”
R37 “Konti ayun yung mga kaklase ko kinakausap ko sila,
nababawasan naman yung feeling na outcast kasi kahit papaano
may mga pumapansin na sa akin. Sa grade wala pero
napapadalas na yung pagpasok ko tsaka di na rin ako masyado
lumilipat sa ibang room.”
R38 “Oo meron para sa akin naiwasan ko na yung pagtatambay sa
gabi at saka mas lalo na akong nag focus sa pag aaral.”
R39 “Wala naman ganun pa rin nalelate pa rin. Dati di ako
gumagawa ng lecture ngayon napipilitan HAHAHA. Tas sa
bayarin naman dati hindi ako nagbibigay sa thesis ngayon
nagtatanong na ko kung magkano na yung babayaran.”
R40 “Yung nagkaroon ako ng maayos na grades sa mga subjects ko
tsaka pumapasok na ako.”
R41 “Oo yung ano… dati nagka-cutting ako ngayon hindi na aral na
ulit.”
6. What have you learned being a student of SHS after knowing the importance of
education in your life?
(Ano ang iyong natutunan bilang isang mag-aaral ng senior high matapos mong
malaman ang kahalagahan ng edukasyon sa buhay?)
RESPONDENT RESPONSE
S
R1 “Para saken mahalaga yung edukasyon para sa mga may
pangarap. Para sa kinabukasan ko din naman.”
R2 “Amm yung natutunan ko mahalaga po kase dahil para din po sa
'kin yun para po sa future.”
R3 “Ano yung wag kang susuko hangga’t kaya at makatapos ka na.”
R4 “Mag-aral ng mabuti kahit na gaano kahirap yung hangga’t kaya
mo na mapagsikapan para maabot mo yung mga pangarap.”
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R5 “Hmmm… yung magkaroon kami ng problema pero dahil sa
tulong ng mga taong nandyan kahit humihina yung loob ko
parang lumalakas pa rin yung loob ko kasi di ka nila iiwan tsaka
parang maging inspirasyon mo sila sa mga ginagawa mo sa
buhay para sa huli ako naman yung tutulong sa kanila.”
R6 “Kailangan mong magtapos ng pag-aaral para makakuha ka ng
magandang trabaho para sa kinabukasan.”
R7 “Pag di ka nakapagtapos di ka makakahanap ng trabaho,
mahirap maghanap ng trabaho kapag wala kang pinag-aralan.”
R8 “Not available”
R9 “Not available”
R10 “Not available”
R11 “Yung kahalagahan ng edukasyon tulad nga ng mga sinasabi ng
mga magulang at mga pinsan ko na ipagpatuloy ko daw yung
pag-aaral ko para kapag ako naman yung tumayong magulang
tsaka yung makapagtrabaho ako ng marangal, yung magiging
sakto yung mga financial income naming sakto lang yung hindi
nagkukulang.”
R12 “mahalaga ang edukasyon kasi kailangan mo ng diploma kapag
nagtrabaho ka, kailangan yung diploma sa senior high school
kaya mahalaga ang edukasyon”
R13 “Kapag hindi ka nagtiyaga wala kang mararating”
R14 “magsipag sa pag-aaral, wag mag-absent, para matulungan yung
mga magulang”
R15 “Kailangan yung edukasyon dahil kailangan may alam tayo
upang maimprove yung kaalaman natin na akala natin alam na
natin pero hindi pa pala tsaka kasi kapag nakapagtapos ka
marami ka nang malalaman sa buhay.”
R16 “Ito ay mahalaga dahil hinuhubog kung pano ka maging
responsable at magalang yun lang”
R17 Not available
R18 “Ang mga natutunan kong bagay ay magtiyaga tapos naisip ko na
para din naman sa akin iyo kaya pinagbutihan ko nang mag-aral
kase dati hindi ako masyadong pumapasok wala sa isip ko ang
mag-aral yung parang tamad ako pero narealize ko na dapat pa
lang magsumikap ako dahil para din naman pala sa akin yun kasi
tinutuungan din ako ng mga teacher ko na magpursigi para din
masulian ko yung paghihirap ng mga magulang ko.
R19 Not available
R20 “Dapat magtiyaga lang ng magtiyaga ahh… wag agad isuko yung
mga pangarap mo”.
R21 “Makakatulong ito sa amin para makayari kami.”
R22 “Ano… pahalagahan lahat ng subjects tapos gumawa ng mga
activity para tumaas ang grade at para maka-graduate”.
R23 “Natutunan ko na mag-aral ng mabuti para may mahanap na
magandang trabaho”
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R24 “Ayun number 1 talagang susi diyan sa buhay ay edukasyon na
kailangan nating pagbutihan kahit na may problema, pinansiyal
at family, ganyan talaga dumadating sa buhay yung problema
kaya kailangan magdasal lang lagi tsaka pag-butihan ang pag-
aaral para makatapos ka”
R25 “Ano… yung kailangan mong mag-aral at magsumikap. ‘Wag
kang matamad para pumasa ka sa mga subjects.”
R26 “Mahalaga yung edukasyon sa buhay dahil ito yung susi para
makamit ko yung mga pangarap ko.”
R27 “Ano… naging responsable akong tao hindi lang bilang
estudyante, bilang isang anak tsaka para makatulong din ako sa
family ko ginagawa ko yung best ko para maging proud sila
sakin.’
R28 “Mag-aral ng mabuti para malayo ang marating.”
R29 “Kailangan kong gawin to para matupad yung pangarap ko sa
pamamagitan ng pag-aaral ko ng mabuti.”
R30 “Not Available”
R31 “Kailangan mong magpatuloy kahit na anong pagsubok kahit na
mahirap man kailangan mong magsumikap para makapagtapos
ka.
R32 “Yung pakikipagkapwa-tao.”
R33 “Madami. Pagsisikap para makamit yung gusto mo sa buhay.
R34 “Mahalaga to kasi marami kang matutunan tas marami kang
maisheshare sa mga kapwa mo estudyante.”
R35 “Pagiging responsible sa lahat ng bagay.”
R36 “Not Available”
R37 “Sobrang halaga pala ng edukasyon dito talaga nakasalalay yung
buhay mo sabi nga ng iba ito ang pinaka magandang
maipapamana sa atin ay yung edukasyon kaya sobrang halaga
neto kasi kung hindi ka makakapag aral saan tayo mapupunta.”
R38 “Ayun marpursigi para maabot mo yung mga pangarap mo.”
R39 “Pakiki-cooperate sa mga kaklase ko. Madali akong
makakahanap ng magandang trabaho kahit di na ako mag college
pag nakapagtapos ako ng Senior High at pag pinagbutihan ko
ang pag-aaral ko.”
R40 “Yung kahit wala naming problema sa pinansiyal basta
magpapasok ka lang para pagdating ng araw dun mo yun
malalaman yung kahalagahan ng pag-aaral pag nakapagtapos ka
na.”
R41 “Ahh… Natutunan kong wala kang mararating kapag
nagbulakbol ka.”
CURRICULUM VITAE
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JONAS S. AGUILAR
Pagalanggang, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 09302087065
jnsaguilar11@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 17 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Male Father: Joey Aguilar
Height: 5’8 Occupation: Pedicab Driver
Weight: 52kg Mother: Daisyrie Aguilar
Birthday: April 11, 2001 Occupation: Housewife
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Pagalanggang Elementary School 2012-2013
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2016-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
GENERIC Y. ALMARIO
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Brgy. San Ramon, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 09122072932
almario.eric123@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 19 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Male Father: Edilberto Morales
Height: 5’6 Occupation: Mechanic
Weight: 55kg Mother: Melanie Almario
Birthday: August 28, 1999 Occupation: House wife
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Dinalupihan Elementary School 2011-2012
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Luakan National High School Annex 2015-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
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LIZETTE M. CUNANAN
Pentor, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 09503684536
cunananlizette@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 18 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Female Father: Rolando Cunanan
Height: 5’3 Occupation: N/A
Weight: 45kg Mother: Thelma Cunanan
Birthday: October 25, 2000 Occupation: Housewife
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Dinalupihan Elementary School 2011-2012
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2015-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
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JOSHUA B. CUSTODIO
Pagalanggang, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 09085354437
joshuacustodio@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 18 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Male Father: Jose Custodio
Height: 5’4 Occupation: N/A
Weight: 55kg Mother: Lucy Custodio
Birthday: September 28, 2000 Occupation: Store owner
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Pagalanggang Elementary School 2011-2012
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2015-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
155
JENNA JADE F. DAWANGON2
Pagalanggang, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: N/A
jangdawangon19@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 17 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Female Father: Jerry Dawangon
Height: 5’6 Occupation: N/A
Weight: 55kg Mother: Ednalyn Dawangon
Birthday: June 19, 2001 Occupation: BHW
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Pagalanggang Elementary School 2012-2013
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2016-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
156
#141Ligaya St. Pagalanggang, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 09085354437
fernandezangelreinne@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 17 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Female Father: Jaime Fernandez
Height: 5’2 Occupation: Tricycle Driver
Weight: 45kg Mother: Bernalyn Fernandez
Birthday: APRIL 03, 2001 Occupation: OFW
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Dinalupihan Elementary School 2011-2012
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2015-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
157
Pentor, Dinalupihan, Bataan3”?
Cellphone no: 09085225166
Michellekategaza937@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 18 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Female Father: Ferdinand Gaza
Height: 5’2 Occupation: Family Driver
Weight: 45kg Mother: Marilou Mendoza
Birthday: October 27, 2000 Occupation: Housekeeper
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Dinalupihan Elementary School 2011-2012
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2015-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
ALEXA D. MANGAHAS
158
Tucop, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 09207118823
alexamangahas@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 18 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Female Father: Manny Mangahas
Height: 5’5 Occupation: N/A
Weight: 53kg Mother: Lina Mangahas
Birthday: November 23, 2000 Occupation: Vendor
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Sto. Rosario Elementary School 2011-2012
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2015-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
GABRIELLE R. MELITANTE
159
#23b. Zamora st. Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 091659273823
gabrielle_melitante9@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 17 years old Birthplace: Balanga, Bataan
Sex: Male Father: Wendell Melitante
Height: 5’5 Occupation: Tricycle driver
Weight: 43kg Mother: Janice Melitante
Birthday: May 07, 2001 Occupation: Store owner
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Dinalupihan Elementary School 2012-2013
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2016-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
160
ELLA JOYCE C. MORALES
Brgy. Sta. Isabel, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Cellphone no: 0909489410114
moralesellajoyce@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Age: 18 years old Birthplace: JCPHospital Dinalupihan, Bataan
Sex: Female Father: Alberto Morales
Height: 5’6 Occupation: Construction Worker
Weight: 44kg Mother: Maribel Morales
Birthday: February 23, 2001 Occupation: OFW
Nationality: FILIPINO
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Primary Level:
Dinalupihan Elementary School 2012-2013
Secondary Level:
Junior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2016-2017
Senior High
Pagalanggang National High School 2017-Present
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