Effects of Cutting Classes for

Grade 11 TEC Students in AMA

Computer College Las Piñas
(S.Y. 2018-2019)

TEC – 3
Research of Group 3
Mr. Abrina

INTRODUCTION
 Cutting class is a routine absence or skipping on your class that harms

the students’ exam scores, missing pre-exam, reviews, and quizzes. Cutting

class is a coined term is a coined term, that actually means intentionally not

attending a required class in one's formal education without a valid

excuse/reason. Cutting of classes is especially rampant in public schools in

the Philippines where there is inefficient security and a relatively high

number of students thus making it hard to monitor each student. This issue

is rampant as well in tertiary educational institutions where there are no

more limits as to when one can or cannot go outside of the campus and a

limit as to when one can or cannot leave the classroom during a lecture. This

problem affects three people: The parent, student and teacher. I myself

know dozens of students, from different schools in Metro Manila, who cut

class. After cutting class is where the real problem begins.

The researchers wanted to anticipate and take deep explorations

concerning the behaviors of different individuals, especially the senior high

students who manage to cut classes and how such accomplishment affects

their academic performances.

Educational institutions are not only responsible for teaching certain

knowledge to students but also for correcting, disciplining any forms of

behavioral, moral, and social problems being faced by the students. The

researchers are convinced and self-assured to say that students’ problem has

enough time for growth and development. This development surely starts at

the comfort of their homes and families. Hence, it results to that of their
schol institutions to become the scapegoat for their problems. Therefore,

professors, teachers, and school administrators have to face and shoulder all

sorts of problems from their respective students and considered as the most

difficult for most school teachers and staffs.

The researchers all know that this is the stage where most of the

students are beginning to be curious about life. This is where they start

coming out from their “comfort zone”, explore life and make their own

decisions.

Every time a student cuts class, it is irresistible that they are also

cutting their education. It is said that going to school is like having a job,

wherein they are mostly alike in such reason that you get paid with

knowledge and academic marks.

An effective education encourage everyone and aids them in getting a

job worthy of their hard work. Just as a saying goes, “with a good job, you’ll

have a good life, but by having a better job, you’ll have a better life.” Having

a convenient and profitable job will not only benefit you, but also your family

in which in turn will help them carry out a bountiful life.

Researchers would like to know what triggers the students to do

cutting classes. Also, to know the satisfaction the students get. As well as to

know how the problems affect the academic performance of the said

respondents. The respondents chosen are the Grade 11 TEC – Students of

AMACC Las Piñas.

 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aims to help the students as well their parents and teachers

address the problem in early stage and to avoid much greater conflicts in the

future.

Specifically, this student seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What Is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:

a) Age
b) Gender
2. What are the reasons why students are always cutting class?
3. What are the effects of doing cut class?
4. How cutting classes affect the academic performance?
5. Are they aware to the consequences when it comes to their grades?

SIGNIGFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will be favorable to the following:

The students would be able to go to school on time. They would

become more responsible. This study will help the students to attend their

class regularly since this will provide them factual information about the

benefits that they can get in attending school.

 Parents could engourage their children to go to school on time, also

to know how their children behave at school. Besides, this would give them

the opportunity to help guide their children in dealing with problem that may

affect their performance especially in regards to their academic.

Teachers and staffs could help each other in implementing plans in

helping the students go to school early.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study will focus on the reasons why students are fond of cutting

class. The ways to prevent this problem. Effects to the students also in their

parents and in school of doing cutting classes. How cutting class affect their

academic performance of students.

The study will be conducted in AMACC Las Piñas targeting at least 40

Grade 11 TEC – Students (S.Y. 2018 – 2019) as the researcher’s respondents.

This research paper studies about the cutting classes of students.

Theoretical Framework

Cutting Classes of Students in relation of:

Social interactions with other might affect the confidence of the

students, especially if that student experience discrimination from the other.
That lead on skipping the class (Myers 2010).
 Academic subjects sometimes give too much assignments and seat
works that resulted a work load impact, that resulted on having stress and
laziness of students resulting of not attending class.

Being in a relationship also might be the one factor, they spend their
time on their partner instead of concentrating on their study. But then this
thought will depend on how he or she balance the two variables (Steinhauer
and Holson, 2008).

Families should be the one who boosts up the confidence of a

student, it should be the one of the inspirations, but sometimes, due to the
problems that we cannot avoid, students lost its eagerness on studying that
also resulted on sipping they class (Amato, 2005).

Work. Financial is important when it comes on living. Those students

who doesn’t have enough money or in the lower class of strata, needs to
work in order to sustain their study that sometimes lead on skipping class
(Walther J.B. 2003).

Factors such as social interactions, academic, relationships, family, and

work, affect the life of the students that becomes destruction, trigger to lose
the eagerness to study, and make a student not interested at all. It leads to
cutting their classes, but it always depends on how the student will handle
the situation around them. As Brush & Jones, 2002 state, “Respect me for
who I am, require me to do my best and give me the help I need to achieve
it”. Things always depend on how a student will absorb the action of the
around them.
 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Input Process Output

 Survey form Organizing a program  Conducting surveys

 Questionnaire that is suitable for students in  Distributing questionnaire
 Person throughout the students or
Grade 11 TEC wherein they
involved/respondents potential respondents
will undergo a seminar that
 Interviews
will discuss the importance,
advantage, disadvantage, and
possible outcomes of cutting
classes.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Senior High School (SHS) refers to the last two years of K to 12

program name as grade 11 and 12 base on the DepEd guide book named as
“Senior Hi” that meet the developmental needs of adolescents. As Howley
(2002) points out the developmental needs of young adolescents differ from
those of elementary school children and older teenagers. “Developmentally
responsive middle schools must take into account all that is known about
young adolescents and the cultural context in which they live.” (Lounsbury,
1996).
 Cutting class is a routine absence or skipping on your class that
harms the student’s exam scores, missing pre exam review and quizzes.

Academic performances are one of the factors that teacher

evaluates in order to give their students a proper mark.