ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
This study aimed to determine the factors contributing to truancy of students of
Tampilisan National High School. It specifically sought to identify the type of truants, the
prevalent factors and the significant relationship between the contributing factor of truancy and
the type of truants.
It was hypothesized that there is a significant relationship between the contributing factor of
truancy and the type of truants.
The respondents of the study were the 115 identified truants of Tampilisan National High School.
The truants were identified based on the attendance sheet (SF1) of the respective class and
supported by the attendance sheet from the class beadle which bore the attendance of a student
during every subject. If a student commits at least forty times of unexcused absence a year or ten
times a quarter, he is considered a truant. The pre-identified factors are the family, individual,
community and school factors.
Twenty-nine percent of the truants belong to Category A who are being in school but absent in
class; 26 % belong to Category B who are neither in classroom nor in the school but at home.
Moreover, 30% belong to Category C who are neither in the school nor at home. Lastly, 15 % of
the truants belong to Category D who absent themselves from classes as a result of the difficulty
in the school subjects or dislike for the subject or teacher. Family Factor has a weighted mean of
1.52; Individual factor has a weighted mean of 1.66; Community factor has a weighted mean of
1.63; and School Factor has a weighted mean of 1.56. It is observed that individual factor ranked
first among the four factors. There is a significant relationship between the contributing factors of
truancy and the type of truants.
Eight percent of the truants are in Grade 7, 29 % are in Grade 8, 21% are in Grade 9 and 42 % are
in Grade 10. It implies that the higher the Grade level the students are in, the higher the tendency
of truancy.
The type of truants in Tampilisan National High School is scattered from Category A to Category
D. The most prevalent factor affecting truancy is the individual factor. The contributing factor of
truancy highly affects the type of truancy. The male students are more at risks of playing truant
than female students.
To address the factors affecting truancy, a program under DORP (Drop-out Reduction Program)
is recommended to be launched and implemented. This program is called #KEEPS (Keeping
Eagerness in Education among Parents and Students). It is also recommended that this study be
replicated to find some other factors and solutions to this prevailing problem in Tampilisan
National High School.