CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY AND ITS IMPACT TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

OF ABULUG SCHOOL OF FISHERIES

RESEARCHERS:

BELO, JEFFERSON

DELA CRUZ, SHERWIN MIKE

TABAY, KATRINA

RESEARCH TEACHER:

MRS. ELSA C. DELA CRUZ

ABULUG SHOOL OF FISHERIES

2018
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION:

Delinquency is the moral misdeed that students do inside the school. This include

violating rules like vandalism, cutting classes, absent or not attending classes with no valid

reason, having trouble with their classmates, tardiness, stealing and bullying.

Student’s delinquency is one of the school problems among students and this will affect

their studies. Violating rules inside the school may destroy or change a student’s attitude.

Teachers usually reported that these disturbing behaviors in the classroom are intolerable and

stress-provoking.

Researchers are beginning to reveal that some misbehaviors of students inside the school

did not only escalate with time but also lowered in academic achievement and increased

delinquent behaviors. These problems can also cause distress to teachers, to make continual

comments to the student. Being late in class can disrupt their lesson. Most of the misdemeanor of

student can affect their studies.

As the saying goes “if you want changes to attitudes, start with a change in behavior” The

researchers had come up with this study. Hence, the result of this study will help a lot of

individuals specially students to be aware of the causes of misdemeanor and its effects on their

studies.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

GENERAL PROBLEM:

Generally, this study aims to know the causes of delinquency and its impact to the

academic performance of junior high school students of Abulug School of Fisheries.

SPECIFIC PROBLEMS:

Specifically, it attempts to answer the following questions:

1. What brings about student delinquency? What are the factors?

2. What misdemeanor students always do inside the school?

3. What negative effect/s would delinquency bring in their academic performance?

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study is limited on the causes of delinquency and its impact to the academic

performance of students in Abulug School of Fisheries. This study will focus only on

(30) junior and senior high school students of Abulug School of Fisheries who will be

randomly selected. Each student will be given same set of questionnaires.

This is also limited to the objectives of the study since the researcher only wanted to

determine the causes of delinquency and its impact to the academic performance of junior

high school students of Abulug School of Fisheries. The attainment of this study is

dependent to the answers of the respondents. The respondents are compose of junior

students of Abulug School of Fisheries.

.SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Delinquency specifically misdemeanor is a minor problems that students inside

the school. They perform misdemeanor inside the school because of sometimes they are

influences with their friends and sometimes they are looking for revenge. Generally fear

of failure on one student feels he/she cannot possibly live up to any expectations and this

causes of doing misbehavior inside the school.

This study attempts to help students to have an idea on what brings about

delinquency, what are the factors, for them to be aware on what they be provide a

solution to avoid misdemeanor inside the school campus. It will also help teachers to

manage and discipline students within the school and especially this studies will help

future young researchers as their reference in their forth coming study.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

 DELINQUENCY- minor crime, especially that committed by young people.

 VANDALISM- action involving deliberate destruction of damage to public or private

property.

 TARDINESS- the quality or fact being late.

 STEALING- take persons property without permission or legal rights without intending

to return it.

 BULLYING- use superior strength or influence to intimate someone, typically to force

him or her to do what one wants.

 MISDEMEANOR- a minor wrong doing.

 CHAPTER II.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

LOCAL STUDY

Managing and establishing effective discipline have always been areas of concern by the

teacher. Despite by concentrated study concerning the relationship of classroom control by a

teacher and academic achievement by the student, there is no single set of guidelines establishing

for the classroom teacher to address the mentioned concerns; there are no universal prescription

for students control under all circumstances. The mission objectives, core value, rules and

policies for inside and out the classroom of school are shared as an example for establishing

sophisticated management techniques to ensure satisfactory classroom discipline. (Journal on

School educational technology, v2 n3 p22-26 December 2006- February 2007)

FOREIGN STUDY

Student’s misbehavior is a problem affecting schools across the nation and around the world.

Student conduct problems in the classroom not only interfere with teaching and learning but also

thought to be a leading contributor to teacher stress and a precursor to later school dropout.

Many districts and schools are aggressively searching for programs to remediate and reform

problematic behavior in students. However to develop successful programs, It is important to

understand first what constitute student misbehavior in the context of individual, familial, social

and intellectual influences. (Susan Poland Giancola University of Pennsylvania)

 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

LOCAL STUDY

Education is one of the ways to change life, change values, and change fate of an

individual. The K-12 program is a part of the proposed educational reforms of the Philippines’

former president which shifts Philippine Basic Education system to twelve years plus kinder

from the current ten years. K-12 aims to make basic education sufficient enough so that anyone

who graduates can be gainfully employed and have a productive life.

Many parents disapprove the implementation of the K-12 education system by the

Department of Education, as it means additional burden for both parents and students, even more

so for the marginalized sector of the community. There are some issues raised by different

individuals on this matter, like additional expenses for parents, lack of educational resources

such as classrooms and teachers, and parents can’t wait to have their children start working.

Nograles (2010), son of former House Speaker Prospero Nograles, also noted that the

government’s public school system does not have enough classrooms, teachers and well-

equipped educational facilities which are required for the effective implementation of the

curriculum.

The Philippines is the only country in the world that still follows a ten year basic

education cycle. And so last October 2010, President Noynoy Aquino proposed the Kindergarten

plus 12 on the k-12 program to catch up with the rest of world having a 12 year basic education

cycle. However, with all the issues on education the country is still has, parents expressed their
opinions on the President Aquino’s plan of strengthening the Philippines education system to

through the K-12 program.

FOREIGN STUDY

Education policy is constitutional responsibility of states, and governors play a leading

role in efforts to improve education. The challenges states face in K-12 education are complex,

and governors must address a wide range of schooling issues including: academic standards,

dropout prevention and recovery, education options, teacher professional development, turning

around low-performing school, STEM education and many more.

Today governors are leading widespread efforts to better ensure that all students who

graduate from high school is ready for success in college, work and life. The NGA Center

supports governors and their staffs on education policy technical assistance and policy analysis.