Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region X Division of City Schools CABILI VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Santiago, Iligan City
AN ACTION RESEARCH ON ABSENTEEISM OF SELECTED GRADE I PUPILS OF CABILI VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL School Year !"#!"$
Submitted by% ELVIRA L. PADILLA &eacher III
'oted by% GEMMA L. SAMSON Principal I
AN ACTION RESEARCHON ABSENTEEISM OF SELECTED GRADE I PUPILS OF CABILI VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL School Year !"#!"$
Chapter I Introd!t"on
(ne of the biggest problems in almost all schools, be it in tertiary, secondary or elementary level is the poor attendance or absenteeism) Pupil in the elementary schools especially those far flung areas and in the lo*est section are noted to have poor school attendance)
State#ent o$ the pro%&e#
Spec Special ially ly,, the study study on abse absent nteei eeism sm of the +rad +rade e I pupil pupils s of Cabil Cabilii illa illage ge Elementary School, Santiago, Iligan City *ill see- to ans*er the follo*ing .uestions/ ") 0hat are are the the causes causes of pupil pupil1s 1s absen absenteei teeism2 sm2 ) 0hat are are the *ays *ays and means to to stop or minimi3e minimi3e pupils pupils absenteeism2 absenteeism2 Significance of the study &he ultimate ob4ectives of the study is to generate findings that *ill provide varied strategies that can offer tangible results on the different measures *hich the teachers are using) 5urthermore, the researching *ill guide the/ Parent' to encourage their child in going to school)
Tea!her' find out causes of pupil1s absenteeism)
&here is a smooth interrelationship bet*een them and the students *ho come from *ell off family) Chapter II REVIE( OF RELATED LITERATURE
&his chapter dealt *ith the revie*s of the related literature and studies *hich give support to the study conducted by the researcher) 5rom the findings of 6olina 7as cited by E) Padilla in her study on the factor causing the child1s absenteeism8 it *as revealed that pupils have poor attendance especially in the afternoon because of these factors/ lac- of interest in going to school, parents are factors of the pupils absenteeism, computer video games, & drama series play important parts in pupil1s poor attendance, and pupils in the hinterland schools have very poor attendance) Chapter III METHOLOGY
&his study made use of the descriptive survey method) &he instruments used in this study *as the structure intervie* constructed by the researcher)
Chapter IV PRESENTA PRESEN TATION TION AND ANALYSIS ANALYSIS
&his &his chapt chapter er deals deals on the pres present entati ation, on, analy analysis sis and inter interpre pretat tation ion of data data regarding the respondent1s profile, the strategies used by the teachers and the pupils *ho have poor attendance) Pupi Pupils ls may may deve develo lop p a posi positi tive ve trai traits ts incl includ ude e all all .ual .ualit itie ies s that that help help in the the deve develop lopmen mentt of a *ell *ell round rounded ed indiv individu idual al *ith *ith a satis satisfy fying ing pers persona onal, l, family family and and community life) S!ope and &"#"tat"on' o$ the 'td)
&his study *as conducted conducted in Cabili illage illage Elementary School, School, Santiago, Santiago, Iligan City) &he respondents are +rade I#9tis &eachers, pupils and parents) De$"n"t"on o$ Ter#' Ter#'
prolon onge ged d abse absenc nce e of a pupi pupill from from his; his;he herr clas class, s, chro chroni nic c A%'entee"'# : prol absence 7as from *or- or school8) Interre&at"on : to bring into mutual relation)
organi3a 3atio tion n that that provi provide des s instru instruct ction ion as an insti institut tution ion for for the the S!hoo& : an organi teaching of children)
TABLE I
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No,
De!
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&he table sho*s that >G of the pupils said that they have poor attendance and ?"G have good attendance)
TABLE TABLE -
In the intervie* *ith the respondents according to the factors that causes pupil1s absenteeism they are absent due to the follo*ing reasons/ '(
G
YES
G
Poverty
""
??G
"?
>=G
&a-e up 4obs to earn a living for the family
"!
?!G
">
=$G
elp parents in their daily home chores
"
?G
"$
>G
6alnourished
A
@G
"@
AG
ro-en omes
!
@! @ !G
>
!G
Bac- of interest in learning
$=G
"=
?G
Bac- of supervision or follo*#up at home
=
?G
"
A=G
Illness
">
=!G
"!
?!G
ie*ing &elevision
@
$G
"A
=@G
Computer +ames
?
"=G
"
@?G
Bousy &eachers
"!
?!G
">
=!G
&error &eachers
!
@!G
>
!G
&able reveals that poverty is >=G, ta-e up 4obs to earn a living for the family is =$G, help parent in their daily home chores >G, malnourished AG, bro-en homes !G, lac- of interest in learning =?G, lac- of supervision or follo*#up at home A=G, illness of ?!G, vie*ing & is =@G, computer video games @?G, lousy teachers =!G, and terror teachers is !G, as factors that causes the pupil1s absenteeism)
Con!&'"on
In the light findings of the study the follo*ing conclusions *ere arrived at/ ") &hroug &hrough h discipline discipline,, follo* : up and -een supervi supervision sion of the parents parents at home absenteeism can be corrected) ) Bove, Bove, understan understanding ding,, considerat consideration ion and attention attention to the needs of children children or pupils *ill help straighten delin.uent children) $) Coordination Coordination of of both parents and teachers teachers to solve solve the problem) problem) ?) &eacher achers s shou should ld be friend friendly ly to pupils pupils to -no* -no* the caus cause e of their their fre.u fre.uent ent absenteeism and delin.uency)
Re!o##endat"on'
") &he &he teac teache hers rs shou should ld ende endeav avor or to disc discov over er the the fact factor ors s and and caus causes es that that adversely affect the child) ) 5ollo 5ollo* * : up of of paren parents ts at at home) home) $) ome i isits its ?) Parents Parents should should let their their children children help help on Saturdays, Saturdays, Sunday Sundays s or holiday only only to minimi3e absences) >) Parents should be *ell : oriented oriented on the value value of education) education) =) Discipline Discipline on vie*ing vie*ing their their television television programs, programs, e)g) e)g) 5riday or Saturday Saturday nights nights or after studying their lessons) A) &eacher achers s shou should ld ma-e ma-e their their lesso lessons ns inter interest esting ing to pupil pupils s to arous arouse e their their interest in going to school regularly)
@) Clas Classro sroom om discipl disciplin ine e shou should ld not very stiff stiff as to develo develop p fear fear on the part of pupils) ) Parents Parents shoul should d be given seminar seminars s on the adverse adverse effect effect of bro-en bro-en homes to their children) "!)6others should be trained on the food preparation and ho* to feed their children properly to avoid malnutrition)
