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CHAPTER 1
1.1 Introduction
education affect the family, especially the students. Due to the increasing price of tuition
fees, school fees, and other education finances, families tend to face financial crisis
particularly on managing the budget of the family. These include the budget for food,
electricity bill and other bills. Families with an insufficient income are not capable of
affording those bills wherein their children are affected. Students are forced to find and
do part-time jobs.
may threaten the students’ schedule. Building a schedule that can help keep working
students on track can be very important (Cazares, 2013). According to Anderson (2013),
to successfully hold down a job while in high school, students must have a good time
management skill and organization. Working allows them to practice multitasking, work
on a team, build communication skills, learn interview etiquette and prioritize tasks.
regards to their time management due to accepting jobs and studying at the same time.
In this study, the plight of working students was looked into. Working students are those who work for a
part time job and get paid, while still in high school or college. These
working students are struggling in school, work, and other responsibilities resulting for
them to have tough time. Students, specifically the working ones, have many demands
on their time that is why it is important for them to learn time management strategies in
study, the effects of part-time employment were presented. The researchers looked for
the advantages and disadvantages of being a working student, and the positive and