Major Problems Contributing To Students Absenteeism in Secondary School of Zone One Afar Region
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2018-10
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective this study was to assess the major problems to student’s absenteeism in
government general secondary schools in zone one afar region. More specifically, the research
determined the current problems of students’ absenteeism in the study areas, identify the major
problems influencing student’s absenteeism, and gauge the effects of absences on academic
performance of students. The study was a descriptive survey research design where
questionnaires, interviews, focused-group discussion and document analysis were used to collect
both qualitative and quantitative data. Systematic random sampling method was employed to
select the sample schools. While simple random sampling technique was used to select sample
students, teacher, PTAs. Student’s parents, principal werda experts the researcher also used to
a systematic random sampling of the population and then determined 130 samples of students.
Data were both primary and secondary sources using questionnaire, FGD, interview and
document analysis. The major problems of the study were personal factors, family factors, school
factors, recreational factors and individual factors. The major effects that respondents identified
were poor academic performance, wastage of learning time, poor class and school performance,
dropping out of school, poverty to the individual and family in future, involvement with
delinquent behaviour, family instability, social maladjustment and insecurity in the family.
Finally, recommendations have been forwarded and further studies have been recommended.
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Major Problems Contributing To Students