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A Qualitative Research Study On School Absenteeism Among Grade 11 Students

This study aims to investigate the reasons for absenteeism among grade 11 students at Lucena National High School. The researcher conducted interviews with 10 absent students to identify 3 categories of experiences with absenteeism: (1) feeling of helplessness due to disempowering circumstances, (2) mixed-up priorities resulting from a misguided value system, and (3) unappealing academic environments leading to pedagogical dilemmas. The study seeks to understand the phenomenon of absenteeism and how it develops among students by considering interrelated forces between the student, school, and community.

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A Qualitative Research Study On School Absenteeism Among Grade 11 Students

This study aims to investigate the reasons for absenteeism among grade 11 students at Lucena National High School. The researcher conducted interviews with 10 absent students to identify 3 categories of experiences with absenteeism: (1) feeling of helplessness due to disempowering circumstances, (2) mixed-up priorities resulting from a misguided value system, and (3) unappealing academic environments leading to pedagogical dilemmas. The study seeks to understand the phenomenon of absenteeism and how it develops among students by considering interrelated forces between the student, school, and community.

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A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH STUDY ON SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM AMONG

GRADE 11 STUDENTS
The Problem and its Setting

INTRODUCTION

School absenteeism is an alarming problem for administrators, teachers,

parents, and the society, in general, as well as a student, in particular. It may

indicate low performance of teachers, students’ dissatisfaction of the school’s

services or lack or a poor academic and non-academic structures or policies

that address the problems or factors influencing or reinforcing this behavior.

Parents are financially burdened for having their children to stay longer

in school, having to re-enroll them in subjects where they fail due to excessive

absences.

Success in any field of endeavor requires disciplined. In school for

example, students are molded to become responsible individuals who would be

able to carry out tasks and duties without much supervision from teachers. At

home, they are trusted by parents to help themselves seek for their bright

future. But, the kind of environment these student frequent creates a negative

force that tests their control and discipline. A critical factor lurking within

academic institutions and shaking their psychosocial and cognitive stability is

absenteeism.

When a student chooses to be absent in school, he/she suffers a loss of

learnings and instructional time leading to poor social achievements. As ,

he/she may eventually drop out of school moving on to lives of delinquency,


crime, poverty, and unemployment. Hence, school absenteeism has far –

reaching consequences.

In most countries, attendance to primary and secondary school is

compulsory, thus, students who irregularly attend their classes and

demonstrate patterns of chronic absences violate the compulsory attendance

law. These law consider absences due to illness and family crises as excused

absences. An unjustifiable or unexplainable absence or non-attendance from

school with attempt by the student to conceal the absenteeism is referred to as

truancy (Cameron, 2004). Understanding the phenomenon means considering

interrelated and multidirectional forces interacting among them, namely, the

student, the school and the community.

This qualitative study was conducted to uncover the reasons for school

absenteeism among grade 11 students of Lucena National High School, Senior

High School Department and find out how it evolves and develops among the

students. Using Constructivism as an alternative inquiry paradigm, this

research focuses on the dynamics that influence absenteeism among the said

group.

The present study aimed to explore the process by which the

phenomenon of school absenteeism evolves or is experienced by the college

students. In-depth interviews of ten absentee students and the use of editing

style analysis and a method described by Colaizzi(1978) yielded three category

schemes of experience of school absenteeism: (a) disempowering


circumstances-feeling of helplessness; (b) misguided value system- mixed up

priorities; and (c) pedagogical dilemmas- unappealing academic environments.

Based on the findings, the pedagogical, psychological and socio-cultural

implications are discussed


STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study will be conducted to investigate about the absenteeism among

grade 11 students here in Lucena National High school and to know what the

reason of the student. We know that absenteeism is one of the known problem

in our school. The researcher conducted the study in order to identify the

reason behind the absenteeism of the students.

Specifically, the study will attempt to answer the following question.

1.Some students are addicted playing online games.

2. Financial problem.

3.Family problem.

4.Bullying

OBECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1. To know the reason why students getting absent.

2. To identify the gender of those students.

3. To calculate how many students will drop out because of absent in this

school year .
TIME AND PLACE OF THE STUDY

On December 3-28 , 2017 we conduct this research inside our campus.

Lucena National High School , we gather information by interview and asking

related question about absenteeism for the student. It takes 25 days

conducting this research we enjoy and more knowledgeable because of the

information we get from student.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this studies will get the information about absenteeism among

grade 11 student. As we conduct this particular topic about absenteeism we

gather information more than we expected. The locale of this study at Lucena

National High School over 20% student getting absent in grade 11. The

possible solution about this issue absenteeism of the student are:

1. The openness of family

2. Encouragement of their parents

3. Guidance to avoid temptation

4. Choosing the right friend


5. Self motivation

This study is aimed to reduced absenteeism. Thus, it will become beneficial to

the student, teachers, school.

Through this research we are benefited first for the student , it can help us to

avoid absent during school days. Because if the student have motivation to

finish his/her study they give their best in order to achieve their goals in life.

Second, for the teacher it can give satisfaction of her/ his good teaching

because, some students they cooperate and no absences because of the good

quality of teaching by their teacher. Lastly, for the school it can raised their

school standard performances because the students are active during school

days and they get high understanding.


RESEARCH PARADIGM

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF STUDENT

STUDENT RESPONDENT ANALYSIS OF DEMOGRAFIC

OUTOUT

IN TERMS OF ABSENTEEISM PROFILE OF STUDENT *

EFFECT OF

A. AGE * STANDARD OF KNOWLWDGE

ABSENCES

B. SEX * FACTOR AFFECTING STUDENT

*CIRCUM

C. GRADE ABOUT ABSENCES

STANCES

D. EDUCATIONAL * WEAKNESSES OF THE STUDENT *

ACHIEVEMENT

ATTAINMENT *SURVEY OF ABSENCES IN WHOLE

YEAR
A PARADIGM OF THE STUDY

“ABSENTEEISM AMONG GRADE 11 STUDENTS”

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