Student Monitoring (1st semester 2022-2023)

3rd Year BSIT Students (Gilbert B. David – Adviser)

Part 1. How often are these problems encountered by students?

Visual
Problems W. Mean Interpretation
1
Time management 4.38 Almost always
2
Problems in completing assignments & requirements 3.00 Sometimes
3
Unexplainable frear of failure in exam 3.25 Sometimes
4
Lack of self-confidence 3.38 Almost always
5
Family Problems 2.75 Sometimes
6
Very personal problems 2.88 Sometimes
7
Poor study habits 3.25 Sometimes
8
Frequent nervousness 2.88 Sometimes
9
Poor relationship with school officials 2.88 Sometimes
10
Lack of self-control 2.38 Rarely
11
Nervous breakdown 2.00 Rarely
12
Poor relationship with classmates 1.63 Never
13
Acceptance of schoolmates 3.75 Almost always
14
Poor relationship with friends 2.75 Sometimes
15
Instructor related problems 1.75 Never
16
Spiritual and religious problems 1.63 Never
17
Love related problems 1.38 Never
18
School bullying 1.00 Never
19
Do not like the course being taken 1.38 Never
20
Gender preferences 1.50 Never
21
Poor relationship with members of opposite sex 1.38 Never
22
Alcoholism 1.88 Rarely
23
Unwanted pregnancy 1.00 Never
24
Drug addiction 1.13 Never
 25
Sexual problems 1.13 Never
26
Verbal abuse from someone 1.13 Never
27
Health problems 2.25 Rarely
28
Homesickness 2.38 Never
29
Sufficient usage of computer laboratory equipment 2.13 Rarely

The respondents considered problem 1(Time Management), 4(Lack of self-confidence), and

problem 13 (Acceptance of schoolmates) to be recurring among the problems presented, obtaining
the heighest weighted mean of 4.38, 3.38, and 3.75 respectively, in which students agreed that they
experienced and encountered it “almost always”.
Problem 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 14 considered “Sometimes” by the students, obtaining 3.00,
3.25, 2.75, 2.88, 3.25, 2.88, 2.88, and 2.75 correspondingly.
However, the rest of the problems were considered by the students to be “rarely” and
“never”.

Part 2. Factors that contributes student students financial problems.

Problems/Factors W. Mean Visual Interpretation
Shortage of financial support from
parents/relatives/sponsors 3.25 Agree
Lack of basic financial awareness 2.63 Neutral
Not utilizing all financial aid resources 2.63 Neutral
Does not have budgeting skills 2.13 Disagree
Lack of financial discipline 2.25 Disagree
Shortage of source of income (working students) 2.63 Neutral
Too much debt 1.63 Strongly Disagree
Bad spending habits 2.75 Neutral
Succumbing to friend/pressure 2.75 Neutral
Shortage of daily allowance for fare 2.13 Disagree
Shortage of daily allowance for meals 2.25 Disagree

Legend:
4.20 - 5.0 Strongly Agree
3.40 - 4.19 Agree
2.60 - 3.39 Neutral
1.8 - 2.59 Disagree
0.0 - 1.79 Strongly Disagree
 For the second part which “factors that contribute student finacial problems.
Factor/problem 1 (Shortage of financial support from parents/relatives/sponsors) obtain the
highest weighted mean of 3.25 which considered “agree” by the 3 rd year students. Factors 8 (Bad
spending habits) and 9 (Succumbing to friend/pressure) tied at second to the highest both got 2.75
weighted mean and considered to be nuetral. Factors 2 (Lack of basic financial awareness) and 3
(Not utilizing all financial aid resources) also both considered to be nuetral by the respondents
which got the same 2.63 weighted mean.
However, “Too much dept” is the least factor that contributes financial problem to the
respondents which only got 1.63 weighted mean.
Therefore, the data presented should be evaluated and determine what intervention should
be made to help the students (BSIT 3rd year) address their financial factors and problems.