Causes and Level of Truancy among Primary School Pupils: A Case Study of Adjena United Basic School, Akosombo-Ghana

Bruce Offei Kwaku Essah¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.4 , pp.23-28, Apr-2023

Online published on Apr 30, 2023

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Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to identify the causes and level of truancy among basic school pupils of Adjena United Basic school in Asuogyaman District, Ghana. The research design used was a case study design. A simple random sampling was used in selection of pupils from the primary classes in Adjena United Basic School. The sampling technique was purposive and it was used to sample a population 120 of pupils from a target population of 90. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The study revealed that causes such as the perspectives of students showed that they agreed to pupils that, peer group pressure is the most rated cause of students’ truancy. On the whole, there was a high level of truancy among pupils in Adjena United Basic School. Again, the regression analysis showed that there was effect of truancy on academic performance of pupils in Adjena United Basic School. Based on the findings, it is recommended that counselling pupils effectively must be done by the management of the school to understand background of pupils and thereby placing value and instilling confidence into the pupils.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Truancy, Classroom,, Performance, Causes, Pupils, Performance

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