Teacher absenteeism in the six Augustinian secondary schools of Negros Occidental: Its causes, relationship to teachers' effectiveness, and some administrative methods and control

• Main Author: Causin, Leah
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1985
• Subjects: Absenteeism (Labor); Teachers > Leaves of absence; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher Education and Professional Development
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/78
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study investigates the problem of teacher absenteeism in the six Augustinian Secondary Schools of Negros Occidental. It determines the causes, relationship to teachers' effectiveness, and some administrative methods of control. The study made use of the descriptive method of research. It involved the description of the profile of teachers in the six Augustinian Secondary Schools of Negros Occidental, recording the absences of the teachers, analyzing the efficiency rating of the teachers in relation to their absences and interpretation of the extent of implementation and effectiveness of the different administrative measures of control to minimize absences. The two groups of respondents consisted of 74 teachers and 6 principals who were employed in the six Augustinian Secondary Schools of Negros Occidental during the school year 1983-1984. Pertinent data were obtained through the use of a questionnaire patterned after the instrument used by Ferrer (1983). Documentary analysis was likewise made on the Daily Time Record of the teachers as well as their Efficiency Report Form. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that the teachers of the six Augustinian secondary schools in Negros Occidental were mature, professionally prepared and committed to the teaching profession. There was a low absenteeism rate with an average of 2.76 percent or absence of 5 days in a school year, which was within the tolerable limits of their privileges as specified in their policy. The first three leading causes of teachers' absences were reasons of health, personal or family illness responding to social demands and unpredictable weather conditions and other environmental factors beyond one's control. The teachers' age, sex, civil status, educational attainment, number of years of teaching, employment status, and income were in no way related to their absenteeism rate. There seemed to be no single factor that could be responsible for teachers' absenteeism rate. In these schools, teachers' absences were not affecting their teaching performance. There was a marked difference manifested in the way the measures have been perceived with regards to the extent of implementation. There also existed a marked contrast in the principals and teachers perceptions regarding the extent of effectiveness of the administrative measures of control employed.