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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

I. Introduction

Absenteeism in school is the habit of staying away

from school without providing a genuine or any reason for

not attending classes. Absenteeism is a truant behavior that

negatively affects the performance among students. It could

be curbed by creating clubs to keep students busy when they

were out of class. School should endeavor to have up to date

learning facilities to make students enhance student

retention.

The study of absenteeism is very important to

the .students. The word absenteeism means the absence of a

student from class when he\she is expected to be present at

school. The attendance rate is important because students

are more likely to succeed to academics when they attend

school consistently. It’s difficult for the teacher and the

class to build their skills and progress if a large number

of students are customarily absent.

The reason why we chose this topic is because we

want to inform all students, parents and teachers why

absenteeism occurs.

The purpose why we chose this topic is because we want to

inform everyone that absenteeism have a lot of incommodity

and also we want to help to find a solution to stop

absenteeism.
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II. Statement of the Problem

This study is an attempt to present or analyze the

factors resulting to absenteeism among High School student

at Sta. Rita National High School in Sta. Rita, Cabiao Nueva

Ecija, S.Y. 2018-2019.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following

problem:

1. What is the profile of the respondents with regards to:

a. Age

b. Family status

c. Gender

d. Relationship between students and teacher

2. What are the factors resulting the absenteeism among high

school students?

a. Financial problem f. school projects

b. Broken family g. having bf/gf

c. Bullying h. age gap

d. Teacher i. hang out w/friends

e. Lack of interest j. being ashamed

3. What are the possible results of absenteeism?

a. Failed or low grades

b. Lack of knowledge

c. Dropping out in school

d. Ruined future
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III. Hypotheses

What are the profile of the respondents with regards:

 Most of the 14 years old are always absent.

 Most of the girls are absent.

 Most of the poor are absent.

The five factors resulting the absenteeism among students

are:

The researchers believed that the five factors

resulting absenteeism among junior high school

students are financial problem, Bullying, School

projects, Teacher and Hang-out with friends.

What are the possible results of absenteeism among

junior high school students.

We believed that the possible result of absenteeism

among Junior High School students are lack of knowledge,

failed or low grades, drop out and ruined future.

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IV. Significance of the Study

 Teacher- The study about factors resulting to absenteeism

among high school students give benefits to the teachers. In

this way teachers will be apprehensive about the absences of

their students so they can make plans and solution to

derogate the absences of their students.

 Students- The benefits they can get from our research are

they can release their emotions. It can help to reduce the

problem that they encountered by motivating them to make a

move to solve that problems. In this way we can analyze

their existing knowledge to develop their skills.

 Parents- The benefits of our research for the parents, is

they will know what is the problem of their children and

from this contents they can give more support, they can

serve motivation and dedication to their children because

nowadays teenager always think that they are having lack of

attention from their parents.

 Principal- The study of the factors resulting to the

absenteeism among the students can bring benefits to the

principal because she will be aware about the reason why

absenteeism occur. In this way she can find a solution and

make a task for the teachers to reduce or avoid the

absenteeism among students.

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V. DEFINITION OF TERMS

Absenteeism

-A tendency to away from work or school without good

reason.

-The practice or habit or being absent from work or

school.

Apprehensive

-Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm: feeling or

showing fear or apprehension about the future.

-Capable of understanding or quick to do so.

-Having awareness or knowledge of something.

Completion

-The act or process of completing or finishing

something.

Customarily

-By or according to custom or established practice.

-In accordance with what is customary or usual.

Derogate

-To insult (someone or something).

-To say or suggest that something is not important or

worthy of respect.
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Endeavor

-To endeavor is to strive something. The endeavor

itself is the you’re striving for, the enterprise or

undertaking it’s a primarily British spelling of the

word.

Incommodity

-A source of inconvenience/disadvantage.

Truant

-To be regular absent without permission.

Utilize

-To use something for a particular purpose.

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CHAPTER II
METHODOLOGY

VI. Research Design

This research entitled “The factors resulting

absenteeism among high school student” used

descriptive method under quantitative research

because it sought to describe the opinions of the

respondents on the factors resulting absenteeism

among high school students.

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VII. Scope and Limitation

The respondents of the study about the factors

resulting to absenteeism are 100 Junior High School students

of Sta. Rita National High School during the S.Y. 2018-2019.

VIII. Data Gathering Tools and Methods

We gather the needed information using the descriptive

method and instruments like Questionnaires and Survey. We

identified the specific problems we wanted to describe and

we analyze the factors resulting absenteeism among junior

high school students. It was seconded by determining the

number or size of the respondents to ensure the appropriate

instrument to be utilized. Then the decision of the

instrument was done after analyzing the necessary

considerations about the study.

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IX. Presentation and Analysis of Gathered Data

QUESTIONS ALWAY OFTE SOMETIM SELD NEVE TOT

S N ES OM R AL
1. Is lack of money your reason why
you are absent? 4 4 31 5 56 100

2. Bullying is one of your reasons why

you are absent. 2 4 19 2 73 100

3. Is your age gap the reason why you

are absent? 3 1 8 4 84 100

4. Do you skip classes because your

teacher is forcing you to pay your 2 5 21 6 66 100
dues in school even when you don’t
have money?

5. Is the distance of your house is

the reason why you are absent? 1 4 17 7 71 100

6. Being in relationship is the reason

why you skip classes. 1 3 4 6 86 100

7. Do you choose to go to your work

rather than attending your classes? 1 4 11 6 78 100

8. Are you not interested to learn

that’s why you don’t want to go to 4 5 7 6 78 100
school?
9. Are you ashamed of attending
classes? 5 3 19 13 60 100

10. Having a broken family is your

reason to skip classes. 3 2 9 4 82 100

TOTAL 26 35 146 59 734 100

0
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FEMALE
12 Years old = 7
13 Years old = 16
14 Years old = 23
15 Years old = 18
16 Years old = _2__
66

MALE
11 Years old = 1
12 Years old = 6
13 Years old = 12
14 Years old = 10
15 Years old = 3
16 Years old = 2__
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66 Female
__34_Male
100 Junior High School Students

5 4 3 2 1 0 TOTAL PERCENTAGE

Lack of Money 160 12 39 22 28 0 261 52%

Playing mobile games 120 48 45 20 17 0 250 50%

using social media

Bullying 35 68 39 22 5 0 169 34%

Family Problem 30 48 24 16 9 0 127 25%

(having broken
family)
Having relationship 0 32 9 8 9 0 58 12%
with bf/gf
Teacher 35 24 18 10 5 0 92 18%

Hang out with 25 64 27 22 10 0 148 30%

friends
Being ashamed 30 4 24 14 4 0 70 14%

Gambling 5 0 12 8 3 0 28 6%

Monetary dues 5 52 9 6 1 0 73 15%

School projects 55 44 48 46 8 0 201 40%

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CHAPTER III

Findings, Conclusion and Recommendation

Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Is lack of money
your reason why 4 4 31 5 56
you are absent?

The table show that 50% of the respondents said that lack

of money is never the reason why they are absent while 4% of

the respondents said that lack of money is always the reason

of being absent.

The data above shows that lack of money is never the

reason why students are absent.

Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Bullying is
one of your 2 4 19 2 73
reasons why
you ae
absent.

The table show that 73% of the respondents said that

bullying is never the reason why they are absent while 4% of

the respondents said that bullying is often the reason why

they are absent.

The data above shows that bullying is never the reason

why students are absent.

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Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Is your age
gap the 3 1 2 4 84
reason why
you are
absent?

The table show that 84% of the respondents said that the

age gap is never the reason why they are absent while 1% of

the respondents said that the age gap is often the reason of

being absent.

The data above shows that age gap is never the reason why

students are absent.

Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Do you skip
classes
because your
teacher is 2 5 21 6 66
forcing you
to pay your
dues in
school even
you don’t
have money?

The table show that 84% of the respondents said that the

teacher is never the reason why they are absent while 2% of

the respondents said that the teacher are always the reason

why they are absent.

The data above shows that the teacher is never the reason

why students are absent.

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Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Is the
distance of 1 4 17 7 71
your house is
the reason
why you are
absent?

The table show that 71% of the respondents said that the

distance of their house is never the reason why they are

absent while 1% of the respondents said that the distance of

their house is always the reason why they are absent.

The data above shows that the distance of their house is

never the reason why students are absent.

Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Being in a
relationship 1 3 4 6 86
is the reason
why you skip
classes.

The table show that 86% of the respondents said the being

in a relationship is never the reason why they skip classes

while 1% of the respondents said that being in a

relationship is always the reason why they skip classes.

The data above shows that being in a relationship is

never the reason why students are absent.

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Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Do you choose
to go to your 1 4 11 6 78
work rather
than
attending
your classes?

The table show that 78% of the respondents said that they

never choose to go to their work rather than attending

classes while 1% of the respondents said that they always

choose to go to their work rather than attending classes.

The data above shows that students never choose to go to

their work rather than attending classes.

Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Are you not
interested to
learn that’s 4 5 7 6 78
why you don’t
want to go to
school?

The table show that 78% of the respondents said that

being not interested lo learn is never the reason why they

are absent while 4% of the respondents said that it is

always the reason why they are absent. The data above shows

that being not interested to learn is never the reason why

they are absent.

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Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Are you
ashamed of 5 3 19 13 60
attending
classes?

The table show that 60% of the respondents said that

being ashamed of attending classes is never the reason why

they are absent while 3% of the respondents said that it is

often the reason why they are absent.

The data above shows that being ashamed is never the

reason why they are absent.

Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never

Having a
broken family 3 2 9 4 82
is your
reason why
you skip
classes?

The table show that 82% of the respondents said that

having a broken family is never the reason why they skip

classes while 2% of the respondents said that it is often

the reason why they skip classes.

The data above shows that having a broken family is never

the reason why the students are absent

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5 4 3 2 1 0 TOTAL PERCENTAGE

Lack of Money 160 12 39 22 28 0 261 52%

Playing mobile 120 48 45 20 17 0 250 50%

games using
social media

Bullying 35 68 39 22 5 0 169 34%

Family Problem 30 48 24 16 9 0 127 25%

(having broken
family)
Having 0 32 9 8 9 0 58 12%
relationship
with bf/gf
Teacher 35 24 18 10 5 0 92 18%

Hang out with 25 64 27 22 10 0 148 30%

friends
Being ashamed 30 4 24 14 4 0 70 14%

Gambling 5 0 12 8 3 0 28 6%

Monetary dues 5 52 9 6 1 0 73 15%

School projects 55 44 48 46 8 0 201 40%

Based on the data that the researchers conducted and

analyzed using descriptive statistics 52% of the respondents

agreed that lack of money is the reason why they are absent

while 6% of the respondents agreed that gambling is the

reason why they are absent.

The data above shows that lack of money is the reason why

most of the students are absent.

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I. Summary of Findings

This attempt sought to describe the opinions of the

respondents on the Factors resulting absenteeism among high

school students. The study included 66 girls and 34 boys

from Junior High School. A self-administered questionnaire

was used to collect data. Data was analyzed by using

descriptive statistics. The study findings provided answers

to the question related to factors resulting absenteeism

among high school student.

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II. CONCLUSION

The findings of this study revealed the reasons why

absenteeism occurs, namely factors associated with lack of

money, school projects, hang out with friends, bullying,

social media and playing mobile games. Factors on which

there were differences of opinions between groups of

respondents also identified.

Based on the survey result, the profile of the

respondents with regards to family status because most of

the respondents said that lack of money is the main reason

why they are absent. The opinion of the respondents and the

content of our hypothesis state that the factor number 1, 2,

3 and 5 which is the financial problem, bullying, hang out

with friends, school projects are accepted as a factors

resulting absenteeism among high school students while the

factor number 4 which is the teacher is rejected to be one

of the factors resulting absenteeism among high school

students.
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III. Recommendation

Teachers must lessen the school project especially

if the project is not necessary and they must be

understanding in the situation of their students. They

must focus on their students especially when his/her

student experiencing bullying and they must inform the

parents when their students are being absent w/o valid

reason.

Parents need to make sure if his/her children is

going to school or not. They should minimize the time of

their children using gadgets.

Principal must find a solution to prevent bullying

and he/she should make a plan and coordinate with the

teachers to present it.

Students should be more dedicated in going to school

even without money and they must put an effort into doing

it.
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APPENDICES
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Letter for the respondents

Dear Respondents,

Good Day!

We are the student from Grade 10-Rizal currently in

the process of conducting a research study entitled, “The

factors resulting to absenteeism among junior high school

students”.

In this regard we would like to request for your

permission to allow us to conduct short interviews and survey

to gather data related to the completion of the study. Rest

assured that the data/result of the study will remain

absolutely confidential and will be used for educational

purposes only.

Thank you and God bless.

Respectfully yours,
Baligod, Kyla D.
Canlas, Charlotte B.
Doromal, Monica S.
Hipolito, Jelly Kim A.
Libunao, Shaila Mae C.
Rosello, Reiven L.
Sebastian, Dally C.
Valerio, Irish Kyla S.
Zuniga, Jessica M.
Researchers
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QUESTIONNAIRE
Name: __________________________________________
Age: ___________________________________________
Gender:_________________________________________

Direction: Please respond to the following question by

placing a check mark (/) in the answer box that
corresponds to your response.

QUESTIONS ALWAYS OFTEN SOMETIMES SELDOM NEVER

1. Is lack of money your

reason why you are absent?

2. Bullying is one of your

reasons why you are
absent.
3.Is your age gap the
reason why you are absent?

4. Do you skip classes

because your teacher is
forcing you to pay your
dues in school even when
you don’t have money?
5. Is the distance of your
house is the reason why
you are absent?

6. Being in relationship
is the reason why you skip
classes.

7. Do you choose to go to
your work rather than
attending your classes?

8. Are you not interested

to learn that’s why you
don’t want to go to
school?
9.Are you ashamed of
attending classes?

10. Having a broken family

is your reason to skip
classes.
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SURVEY
Factors resulting absenteeism among high school
Direction: Please rate the following reason why a student is absent in the
classes. Please choose 5 reasons and rate them according to their significance
five is highest and one is the lowest.

___ Lack of money(baon)

___ Playing mobile games and using social media
_ Bullying
___ Family problem(Ex. having a broken family)
___ relationship with your bf/gf
___ Teacher
___ Hang out with your friends
___ Being ashamed
___ Gambling
___ Monetary dues
___ School projects
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Curriculum
Vitae
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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Baligod, Kyla D.

Address: Purok 3, Guapito Street, Sta.

Rita. Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: April 10, 2003

Age: 15

Sex: Female

Name of father: Felix T. Baligod

Occupation: Construction Worker

Name of mother: Lorna D. Baligod

Occupation: Housewife

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2008-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Canlas, Charlotte B.

Address: Purok 3, Guapito Street, Sta. Rita.

Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: July 11, 2002

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Name of father: Ryan S. Canlas

Occupation: Barber

Name of mother: Jonalyn B. Canlas

Occupation: Housewife

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2009-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Doromal, Monica s.

Address: Purok 3, Guapito Street, Sta. Rita.

Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: February 25, 2003

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Name of father: Menandro S. Doromal

Occupation: Driver

Name of mother: Filipina S. Doromal

Occupation: Housewife

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2008-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Hipolito, Jelly Kim A.

Address: Sta. Rita. Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: September 6, 1997

Age: 21

Sex: Female

Name of father: Randolf o. Hipolito

Occupation: Driver

Name of mother: Maria Victoria A. Hipolito

Occupation: None

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2002-2008)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Libunao, Shaila Mae C.

Address: Purok 2, Sta. Rita. Cabiao Nueva

Ecija

Birthday: May 02, 2002

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Name of father: Roque P. Libunao

Occupation: Artist Painter

Name of mother: Rowena C. Libunao

Occupation: Housewife

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2008-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Rosello, Reiven L.

Address: Sta. Rita. Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: December 31, 2002

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Name of father: Ronnie L. Rosello

Occupation: Construction Worker

Name of mother: Jean L. Rosello

Occupation: Vendor

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2009-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Sebastian, Dally C.

Address: Sta. Rita. Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: July 20, 2003

Age: 15

Sex: Female

Name of father: Dante M. Sebastian

Occupation: Driver

Name of mother: Estrella C. Sebastian

Occupation: Secretary

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2008-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Valerio, Irish Kyla S.

Address: Sta. Rita. Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: December 19, 2002

Age: 16

Sex: Female

Name of father: Ricardo B. Valerio

Occupation: Driver

Name of mother: Elenita S. Valerio

Occupation: Housewife

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2008-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)

Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Zuniga, Jessica M.

Address: 128, Sta. Rita. Cabiao Nueva Ecija

Birthday: April 06, 2003

Age: 15

Sex: Female

Name of father: Jose O. Zuniga

Occupation: None

Name of mother: Armida M. Zuniga

Occupation: Housewife

Educational Background

Elementary: Sta. Rita. Elementary School (2009-2015)

Secondary: Sta. Rita. National High School (2015-2019)