Table 1.

Distribution of the respondents by gender

INDICATORS FREQUENCY PERCENT

Male 33 42.9

Female 44 57.1

TOTAL 77 100.0

Table 2. Distribution of the respondents by age

INDICATORS FREQUENCY PERCENT

12-13 years old 21 27.3

14-16 years old 38 49.4

17years above
18 23.4

TOTAL 77 100.0
Table 3. Distribution of the respondents by grade level

INDICATORS FREQUENCY PERCENT

Grade 7 22 28.6

Grade 8 12 15.6

Grade 9 18 23.4

Grade 10 6 7.8

Grade 11 13 16.9

Grade 12 6 7.8

TOTAL 77 100.0
Table 4. Educational problems encountered by high school students

DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE
INDICATORS MEAN
RATING INTERPREATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL
1. I lost my interest in coming to school and 2.56
in studying.
2. I often feel unhappy, depressed, or tearful. 2.83
3. I feel empty most of the time because my 3.03
parent/s is far away.
4. I feel nervous or clingy in new situations 3.08
and easily lose confidence.
5. I have many worries about my studies. 2.97
SPIRITUAL
6. My participation in regular mass in school 2.17
is inconsistent.
7. I am hesitant in expressing myself in B.E.C 2.87
sessions in school.
8. Religious activities in school help me 3.57
overcome my loneliness.
9. My time in joining fellowships or any 2.69
religious events in school is limited.
10. It’s hard for me to reflect myself through 2.52
religious studies.
SOCIAL
 11. I envy my classmates during family day or 2.92
activities.
12. I involve to any troubles and gets 2.06
disciplinary action.
13. I do not have someone to listen or to 2.55
share my problems in school.
14. Constant communication is impossible 2.40
despite the separation.
15. I do all the responsibilities at home that 2.45
often resulted for my absences.
FINANCIAL
16. I pay my tuition fee or school fees in 2.31
delay.
17. I barely have enough allowance every 2.45
day.
18. Budgeting my weekly allowance is hard 2.79
because of financial constrain.
19. I borrow money from my classmates. 2.42
20. My budget for miscellaneous expenses is 2.34
inadequate.
TOTAL 2.65
Legend:
LIMITS DESCRIPTIVE RATING QUALITATIVE INTERPRETATION
4.21–5.00 Strongly Agree Very Skilled
3.41-4.20 Agree Skilled
2.61-3.40 Undecided Moderately Skilled
1.81-2.60 Disagree Fairly Skilled
1.00-1.80 Strongly Disagree Not skilled at all

Table 5 Independent t-test analysis of students educational problems by

sex

Indicators Mean SD df t-value Prob. (Sig.)

Male 2.81 0.75

Female 2.52 0.71 75 1.676 0.098ns

Table 6 Analysis of variance of students’ educational problems by age

Indicators Mean SD df F-value Prob. (Sig.)

12-13 years old 2.49a 0.84

14-16 years old 2.76a 0.77 2, 74 0.989 0.377ns

 17 years above 2.60a 0.53

Means with the same letter are not significantly different using Tukey post hoc test.
ns – not significant

Table 7 Analysis of variance of students’ educational problems by grade

level

Indicators Mean SD df F-value Prob. (Sig.)

Grade 7 2.50ab 0.81

Grade 8 2.38ab 0.87

Grade 9 2.86ab 0.73

5, 71 2.241 0.060ns
Grade 10 3.29b 0.50

Grade 11 2.73ab 0.50

Grade 12 2.26a 0.35

Means with the same letter are not significantly different using Tukey post hoc test.
ns – not significant