BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Time management has much significance for many reasons. The fact is that everyone

manages their time in their daily lives whether they are aware of it or not. Managing one’s time

is a daily part of a person’s life and is needed to be managed until the end of the day and the days

to come (Sayari K. et al, 2017).  Time management is in fact an act of managing and organizing

ones time. Having decent ability in managing your time can maximize the time you spent on

specific activities that can help you finish your work faster and achieve your goals quicker. The

results in practicing and implementing time management can help you to reduce time on

unimportant work and increase time on important work. (Pattit,2020).

According to Adams (2019), effective time management is associated with greater

academic performance and lower levels of anxiety in students. To improve a student’s academic

performance, knowing how to manage a student’s time properly is one important factor that will

help them get good results. They must know what to prioritize and invest their time in things that

are much more meaningful and important for them. So as a result, students need to have an

effective time schedule which can help them achieve success. 

The good academic performance of students at the Senior High School is of paramount

importance in every educational system (Brew, Nketiah, & Koranteng, 2021). The

implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program in the Philippines includes the

introduction of senior high school (SHS), or grades 11 and 12, the final 2 years in a new 6-year

secondary education system. SHS students undertake a standard core curriculum and can choose

from four tracks of specialization: academic, technical-vocational and livelihood (TVL), sports,

or arts and design. The academic track is further divided into four strands: accountancy,

business, and management (ABM); science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM);
humanities and social sciences (HUMSS); and general academic (Development Asia 2018). The

students under these different strands are likely having a challenging time in allocating their time

between personal matters and academic works, especially the ones with some hobbies that could

keep them busy like games, arts, exercising, music and sports. They must be as adaptable and

flexible as possible, but they are aware that they must sacrifice a significant amount of time in

order to achieve great things in their academics and become an ideal student. Unfortunately,

some students who are attempting to adjust to this "new normal" as a result of the covid-19

pandemic have been experiencing physical and/or mental stress. The time for students to master

time management behaviours has never been more important than this time during this

pandemic.

Factors Affecting Senior High School Track Offerings in the Philippines. (2018, December 5).

Retrieved February 18, 2022, from Development Asia website:

https://development.asia/insight/factors-affecting-senior-high-school-track-offerings-
philippines

Brew, E. A., Nketiah, B., & Koranteng, R. (2021). A Literature Review of Academic

Performance, an Insight into Factors and their Influences on Academic Outcomes of

Students at Senior High Schools. OALib, 08(06), 1–14.

https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1107423
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