Frank Asamoah Antwi

DOI: 10.26480/ess.01.2023.07.11

ABSTRACT
The main purpose of the study was to address the factors of chronic absenteeism and its effect on students’ academic performance among selected senior high schools in Ghana. The main research design was descriptive. The population of the study is approximately 5000, and a convenient sampling technique yielded a sample size of 3500. The analysis’s analytical unit was the student. Questionnaires were utilized as the data collection tool. Given the detrimental effects on both teaching and learning, student absenteeism has grown into a canker that needs to be eradicated from our Ghanaian educational system. It was realized that school factors contribute massively to students’ absenteeism. Furthermore, it was drawn that poor teaching skills of teachers contributes immensely to students’ absenteeism. Hence, the effect on students’ academic performance. It was recommended that policy makers should pay much attention to various contributing factors that account for absenteeism on students for the improvement or their schooling career. Again, skills of teachers should enhanced massively to make students always stay in class an in school.

KEYWORDS
Chronic absenteeism, academic performance, student-specific factors, family-specific factors, school-specific factors, community-specific factors.