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Factors Causing Student Absenteeism According School Climate

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The study of absenteeism is very important for any school/college. The word absenteeism means the absence of student from class when he is scheduled to be present at school/college. When teacher has no information in advance, that the student will not reputed for class if he has taken leave to which he/she is entitled or on ground of sickness or in case of accident. Thus absence may authorized or unauthorized wilful or caused by circumstance beyond teacher's control.There are many factors involved in motivating students to attend school. Students, who are not motivated, hence will usually decide not to be present in school. Based on several researches conducted, the rate of absenteeism among students increases annually. As a result, this problem will more or less adversely affect the school’s reputation. Thus, this study is conducted to identify factors that cause students absenteeism according school climate. This paper is an attempt to investigate the absenteeism of the students according to school climate. For this purpose a survey was carried out using questionnaire tool for student’s absenteeism. Key Words:absenteeism, school, school climate, TLP, education Policy

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  • Meenakshi Srivastava, 2018. "Factors Causing Student Absenteeism According School Climate," Working papers 2018-28-01, Voice of Research.
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