ABSENTEEISM AMONG SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS TO ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE AT TABALONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

This survey is conducted to investigate the factors that affect student absenteeism and
possible solutions to it
SECTION A: DEMOGRAPHIC
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GENDER:
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GRADE LEVEL:
Grade 11 Grade 12

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SECTION B: PART B TO IDENTIFY THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF ABSENTEEISM

NO STATEMENT 1 2 3 4

1 Quality of teachers

2 Teaching skills of the teachers

3 Teacher timetable scheduled not the right hour

4 Inconsiderate teachers

5 Due to authoritarian teachers

6 Subjects are boring.

7 Because of violence at school.

8 Due to the lack of social facilities at school.

9 Because of unsympathetic school management.

10 When there are courses taught by teachers I dislike.

12 Because teachers don't encourage me.

13 Because teachers don't support me.

15 Because I have to work for economic reasons.

16 Because I am alone at school.

17 Because our house is far away from school

18 When I don't have course materials.

19 Because of the crowded classrooms.

20 Because of future anxiety.

21 Because I don't benefit from guide service at school

22 Because my parent is divorced.

23 Because my father/mother is disabled.

24 Because I have to support my family financially.

25 Because I have to take care of my sisters or brothers.

26 Because of family pressure

27 Too much Pampering from family.

28 When I am sick.

29 When I don't feel well psychologically.

30 When I am late to school.

31 at the first and the last week of school.

SECTION C: TO IDENTIFY THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF ABSENTEEISM

NO STATEMENT 1 2 3 4 5

1 Academic performance low

Subject knowledge is outdated compared to other

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students in the class

3 Teacher’ perception on your ability is low

4 Fail to score well in quizzes, tests, and exams

5 Student’ s name will be bar from the exam

6 Fail to get school fees for next semester

7 Trying to copy answer from other student in exam

NO STATEMENT 1 2 3 4 5

Class Participation

Students who are absent from class, miss the chance of

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class participation.

Due to absenteeism students can’t raise questions about

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any confusion regarding topics.

Due to absenteeism student miss the chance to clear

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their concepts by missing the value able information.

Students who are frequently absent not able to become

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part in class activities like tutorials.
 Student who are persistent absent from class miss the
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chance of small group discussion within the class

Coordination among peers and teachers:

Recurrent absent from class leads to poor coordination

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with teachers.

Frequent physically absent students have poor

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coordination with their classmates in their group studies.

Frequent absent from class effect the performance of

8 students especially when they are in a teamwork or group
for their assignments and projects.

Due to poor coordination, students are unable to update

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for their assignment

Due to absenteeism and poor coordination lead to miss

10 the chance to take the guideline about preparing the
assignments according to guideline

GPA

Recurrent absenteeism leads the students to drop out

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graded activities

Repeated dropping the classes lead to poor performance

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in class quiz which lead to poor GPA
 Frequent dropping the class students unable to prepare
13 and the assignments on due dates which badly effect on
the GPA of students

Absenteeism leads to poor performance during exams

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which lead to poor GPA.

Frequently dropping the classes and receiving poor GPA

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students have to repeat the same session.