EFFECTS OF ABSENTEEISM TO THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES

OF GRADE 12 STUDENTS IN AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE CEBU

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty and Staff of

By:

Mary Rose Q. Angga

Shaina Mae Gutierrez

Isaac Solon

JD Jarren Paner

January, 2019
 Introduction

The study of absenteeism is very crucial in the performance of the students. This

seems to be a big issue now-a-days because it not only affects the attendance of the students

but it may also lead to different complications especially to their performance in school and

to people around them. According to Joel C. Obrador faculty-Polytechnic University of the

Philippines, absenteeism is an alarming issue for teachers, the citizens, administrators,

guardian, as well as for the students in particular. Not attending to school in regular basis for

students affects their school performance especially when they are in a group or teamwork

for their activities and tasks in school. According to Schmidt in 1983, absenteeism affects the

students’ capability to get high scores in which it can cause that they may fail and there is

also a possibility that the students might have to recap the same year level. Absenteeism of

student is usual but when the ratio increases, that directly affects the school performance

(Gupta 2013). This issue changes many lives because it has long term effects which also

affect their future success, jobs and their life in the future. Students need to value their

education and see the beauty of having it. They need to understand that attending classes on

regular basis does matter and also helping students understand that consistently attending

school improves achievement and gives those increased opportunities when they graduate.

Students’ absenteeism tends to become a habit in school. It cannot be denied that

students may miss some activities and lessons in their school but it will become a problem if

students will be absent from school for many days. Kamla Raj quoted in his article in 2011,

Absenteeism affects the abilities of students which can be the reason of the decreasing of

their grades and in the result of this, the students may get failed and they have to repeat same
year level. Performance of students becomes important and effective when they attend the

classes on regular basis and it has positive impacts on the performance. Students who are

attending the classes on regular basis are the ones who get higher grades and marks in the

examination than those students who got absent from classes. The report of Bowen in 2005

has also established that students who attend classes more regularly seem to be more

successful in their studies than those who are regularly absent. In addition, students that

attend class regularly are more likely to remember well the information and apply the

knowledge effectively throughout their life-(Crude, Roch&Kieszczynka, 2010). Student’s

absenteeism may also affect to how they act around people. When students are away from

for no reason, there is a possibility that they might involve to any activities that can cause

harm to them and to the society. It is difficult for teachers and students to build skills and

progress of large numbers of students are frequently absent. In addition to falling behind in

academics, students who are not in school on a regular basis are more likely to get into

trouble with the law and cause problems in their communities (Hocking, 2008).
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The word absenteeism means, in the context of school, it is the habitual or

intentional failure to attained school. This issue still exists in every school until now which

sometimes result to students being not interested at all in the class because of being used to

being absent. AMA Computer College Cebu campus is also facing the same issue.

According to a faculty member, Absenteeism has been a major problem of the entire

team in AMA Computer College Cebu Campus. During the first day of the first semester,

the attendance of the Grade 12 students was perfect. There were no absences during the first

two weeks of the month of June. As the month of July was getting closer, he noticed that

some of them are starting to have excuses. In the week of July, it was already alarming

because the number of students who were absent was increasing compare to the previous

weeks. The academic performance of the Grade 12 students who were absent were affected

compared to the students who were always present in the class. Most of the students in

Grade 12 said that no matter how many absences they have, they will always pass the subject

because of their online quizzes. They don’t mind about their face to face learning in school

which is the most important factor compared to their online activities. In the last week of

August 2018, the instructor of Grade 12 students conducted an emergency meeting with all

his students with regard to their absences and most of them don’t even have a valid reason

to convince their instructor why they are absent and he also found out that even the parents

of his Grade 12 students were not aware that their son and daughter were absent in the class.

The effects, especially the long term effects of this habit can affect their future

success, jobs and their life in the future. Therefore, we feel that this problem is very serious.

As such, we take responsibility to investigate and find a solution to this problem because this

scenario actually should not happen.

Absenteeism continues to become an alarming problem that still exists until now.

Sometimes, even how good or beautiful the school environment is, it still doesn’t matter to

students who are in to absenteeism. This is because a student who commits absenteeism gets

used to it and already thinks of it as a natural habit. They might think that this habit is just a

small thing that can’t affect to them without knowing that this practice will create a bad

impact to their future. The researchers really want to investigate and put an end if possible to

this issue at hand. Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What is the profile of the students in terms of?

A. age

B. gender

C. Track or Course

2. What are the factors for students' absenteeism?

3. How can absenteeism affect the students' academic performance?

4. Is there really a significant relationship between the students’ absenteeism and their

academic performance?

5. Based on the findings of the study, what recommendations can be formulated in order to

lessen the problem of absenteeism in school?

The study will be conducted in AMA Computer College Cebu Campus which is

located in S. Cabahug corner President Roxas Street Casals Village, Mabolo Cebu City. The

respondents will be the grade 12 students from the said school. The study will aim to

determine the effects of Absenteeism to the academic performance of grade 12 students

coming from different strands during their first semester of school year 2018-2019. The

researchers will conduct a survey by means of answering questions at the same time getting

information by the use of the academic records and attendance records from their instructor.

RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY

The result and findings of this study will be relevant to the following:

Students. They will find out the effects of absenteeism to their academic performances and

it will make them aware of the possible consequences they have to face in their future lives if

they will continue this bad habit. They will also be disciplined to attend classes on regular

basis and also will do the other moral values that need to be presented in the classroom not

only to their classmates, teachers but also to the people around them. It will also encourage

the students and gain their attention after understanding the consequences to their bad habit.

Teachers. This study will help them to understand the issue at the same time they will be

able to identify those students who commits absenteeism so that they can take action on

what to do with the issue. It will help them to bring change in the classroom if needed and

give advices to their students.

attending classes has importance which can improve their achievements in school and also

to their future lives. Students can do action to lessen or put an end to this issue to where

they live in and to also keep the society in a safe hands because as what our famous quote

says that ‘’children of today are the future of tomorrow’’.

Researchers. They can have some references or ideas if they are going to conduct a research

with the same topic.

(DEFINITION OF TERMS

Absenteeism- It is the habitual or intentional failure to attained school; the preference of

having absences.

Academic Performance- the affected part in school because of absenteeism

- measured by the final grade earned in the course

Grade 12 students- these are the students that we are concerning about their absenteeism in

school.

School- is an institution where the Grade 12 students that we are concerning of absences

going.

Effects of Absenteeism- these are the results or consequences of students’ absenteeism in

AMA Computer College Cebu Campus

Crucial- it is already a critical problem to students’ performance which might lead them to

different complications) RE-DOOOOOOOOOOO (pendingggggg haha)