THE CHALLENGES AMONG DOUBLE-SHIFT SESSION

TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

AT MAPANDAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT

OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH I

RESEARCHERS:

VANESSA C. BIADOR

MARIANNE GUZMAN

REJIEN DE VERA

LESLIE ANN SORIANO

MARK FRANCIS DE GUZMAN

MARK LESTER QUIRIMIT

OCTOBER, 2017
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The study could not have been brought to fruition without the assistance

and inspiration of a number of people. The writer is profoundly grateful to the

following:

Mr. Danny S. Agustin, our beloved Principal IV in Mapandan National

High School, Mr. Dennis M. Aquino, our Officer in Charge of Senior High in

Mapandan National High School, for granting the writer permission to float

questionnaires. Whose faith, confidence, help and encouragement kept the

writer’s efforts going;

All Senior High students, including our classmates in Mapandan

National High School, for their support and cooperation which facilitated the

researcher’s gathering of necessary data;

Dr. Maria Vida Decano – Lalas, our thesis adviser, for her priceless

contribution to the completion of this research work and untiring professional

guidance. For her untiring efforts and immeasurable help extended to the

researcher in the improvement and refinement of this study;

The researcher’s family, close friends and relatives for their

patience and support, financial and spiritual help;

Above all, the Father Almighty God for the wisdom, patience and

blessings in the completion of the study.

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THANK YOU!

The Researchers

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 DEDICATION

This humble piece of work is whole-heartedly dedicated to

Almighty God, Lord of the heaven and earth, our creator and source

of all inspiration. This also dedicated to our beloved family

who’s always there to support us in attaining our

goals in life and to our supportive friends.

Vanessa

Marianne

Rejien

Leslie Ann

Mark Francis

Mark Lester

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 ABSTRACT

Name of Institution : MAPANDAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL –

SENIOR HIGH

Address : Poblacion, Mapandan, Pangasinan

Title : THE CHALLENGES AMONG DOUBLE-

SHIFT SESSION TO SENIOR HIGH

STUDENTS AT MAPANDAN NATIONAL

HIGH SCHOOL

Researchers : Vanessa C. Biador

Marianne Guzman

Rejien De Vera

Leslie Ann Soriano

Mark Francis De Guzman

Mark Lester Quirimit

Course : Accountancy Business and Management

Thesis Adviser : Maria Vida Decano – Lalas, PhD

Date Started : July, 2017

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Date Finished : October, 2017

Statement of the Problems

This study examined the challenges among double-shift session to Senior

High students at Mapandan National High School. The instrument used to

collect data was the questionnaire and the sampled constituted 36 Senior High

students of Grade 11 and another 36 Senior High Students of Grade 12 from

Mapandan National High School. The data collected was analyzed using

frequency count, tables and percentage to determine the challenges

encountered by Senior High Students of Mapandan National high School

regarding the shifting of classes, the effects of these challenges to the Senior

High Students of Mapandan National High School, and how these challenges is

face by Senior High students of Mapandan National High School.

Findings of the Study

A. Demographic Profile of Respondents

1.0. Grade 11 Senior High respondents their age range showed that

11.11% were below 15 years old, 63.89% were 16 years old and the

remaining 25% were 17 years old and the age range as a profile factor for

Grade 12 respondents presented following data: 16.67% were 16 years

old and the remaining 83.33% were 17 years old.

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 1.1. The Grade 11 respondent students who participated in this study

composed of 80.56% of females and 19.44% males. To be consisted with

55.56% of the Grade 12 respondents in Senior High in Mapandan were

females while only 44.44% were male.

1.2. In every strand, we conducted 11.11% of the respondents of Grade

11 and Grade 12 for this study.

B. The challenges meet by Senior High School Students in Double-Shift

Session

2.0. Most of the Grade 11 students responded waking up early as the

highest with 44.44% while Grade 12 students responded going home late

challenges those most with 25%.

2.1. Grade 12 responded that they always hungry and always tired when

they attend their afternoon shift class.

2.2. Grade 11 responded going home late with 2.78% is lowest reasons

for the challenge they encounter respectively.

C. The Effects of the Challenges they meet in Double-Shift Session

3.0. Grade 11 responded lack of sleep as the major effect of the

challenges they encounter in morning shift class with 36.11%. While in

Grade 12 tiredness, stress and lack of concentration with 25% each are

the major effects of the challenges they face during their afternoon shift

class.

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 3.1. And, having confidence and discipline for Grade 11 and less time for

major subjects for Grade 12 are the least effect of the challenges in their

morning and afternoon shift class with 5.56%.

D. Challenges faced of being a student in Mapandan National High School

4.0. Time Management is the most remedy for both Grade 11 with

47.22% of the respondents and 52.78% of Grade 12 respondents.

4.1. Being patience at all is the lowest number of respondents represents

5.56% in Grade 11.

4.2. Grade 12 with 11.11% of the respondents said that they will have

advance learning as a strategy to be able to face the challenge of

afternoon shift class.

E. Hardship in Adjustment to the double-shifting session in Mapandan

National High School

5.0. Majority of Grade 11 with 69.44% of the respondents while Grade 12

respondents with 36.11% responded ‘Yes’ in having hardship in the

adjustment in their schedule.

5.1. 30.56% of Grade 11 respondents and 63.89% of Grade12

respondents answered ‘No’.

F. Impact of Double-Shifting Class to respondents’ performance

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 6.0. Grade 11 respondents with the percentage of 38.89% said that time

management had great impact on double-shifting class in Grade 11 while

33.33% of the respondents in Grade 12 for better performance as the

great impact of double-shifting class on Grade 12 respondents.

6.1. 15.28% respondents of Grade 11 answered better performance and

having late breakfast as the impact of double-shifting class in Grade 11

students in their morning shift class.

6.2. While Grade 12 respondent impact of double-shifting class

responded 13.89% of the respondents answered slow performance and

tardiness in class as the impact to them.

G. Properly Time Management

7.0. 41.67% of the respondents from Graded 12 said that they create a

To-Do List while 38.89% of Grade 11 respondents responded time

management as the major way of the proper time management.

7.1. 27.78% of Grade 11 responded to create a To-Do List while 25% of

Grade 12 responded patience in time management.

H. Choices in the schedule Morning or Afternoon Shift Class

8.0. Majority of the Grade 11 and Grade 12 respondents choose morning

shift class with 88.89% for Grade 11 respondents while 52.78% for

Grade 12 respondents

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 8.1. 47.22% of Grade 12 respondents choose afternoon shift class while

11.11% of Grade 11 respondents choose also afternoon shift class

instead of morning shift class.

I. Save more money, efforts and time in Double-Shift Class

9.0. 66.67% of Grade 12 responded ‘No’ while 61.11% of Grade 11

responded ‘Yes’. Majority of both Grade level have opposite reaction on

saving their money, efforts and time.

9.1 Only 38.89% of Grade 11 responded ‘No’ while 33.33% of Grade 12

responded ‘Yes’.

J. Happiness in Double-Shifting Class

10.0. Majority of Grade 11 and Grade 12 with 66.67% of Grade 11

respondents and 75% of Grade 12 respondents respectively responded

that they are happy with double-shifting class session despite with the

challenges. Only 33.33% from Grade 11 and 25% from Grade 12

respondents answered ‘No’.

Conclusion

The double-shift session have been used to expand students enrolments

and thereby to achieve the objectives of Education for all, based on the findings

of this study, it was observed that the highest number of respondents

challenges met by the students in double-shifting in Mapandan National High

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School – Senior High shows that waking up early in the morning is the main

concern while going home late is the lowest in Grade 11 respondents it is

because the time schedule of Grade 11 students starts at 6:30 a.m. and it ends

at 12:30 in the mid-afternoon. Going home late is the main challenge

encountered by Grade 12 respondents and has the lowest number of

respondents which says that they can’t balance their time management in

order to adjust themselves regarding on the double-shifting session of

Mapandan National High School.

The school system has a severe tool on teaching and learning activities of

pupils which has corresponding effects on their academic performance and

serious measure has to be taken to mitigate or reduce considerably these

ramifications if the government is bent on adopting this measure until new

infrastructure is provided, in order not to put the Senior high students of

Mapandan National High School in the shift operating schools at

disadvantaged position.

Recommendations

In view of the findings of the study, the following recommendations were

offered:

 There is need for support by government to give more resources to school

that offer double-shifting session.

 The government need to continue developing school infrastructure so

that double-shift session can slowly be phased off.

treatment of Grade 11 versus Grade 12 sections to improves efficiency

and gives them authorities of greater flexibility.

 Consider cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of Double-Shift

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE i

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii

DEDICATION iv

THESIS ABSTRACT v

TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii

LIST OF TABLES xvi

Chapter

1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 2

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

Significance of the Study 3

Definition of Terms 4

Chapter

2 RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDY 5

Related Literature 5

Related Study 6

Chapter

3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 8

Research Design 8

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 Locale of the Study 9

Respondents of the Study 9

Instrumentation 9

Data Gathering Procedure 10

Treatment of Data 10

Statistical Treatment for Data 11

Chapter

4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

OF DATA 12

Demographic Profile of Respondents 12

The challenges meet by Senior High School

Students in Double-Shift Session 13

The Effects of the Challenges they meet

in Double-Shift Session 14

Facing the Challenges being a Student

of Mapandan National High School 16

Hardship in Adjustment to the double-shifting

session in Mapandan National High

School 17

Impact of Double-Shifting Class to Respondents’

Performance 18

Management of Time Properly 19

Choices in the Schedule Morning or Afternoon

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 Shift Class 20

Save more money, efforts and time in

Double-Shift Class 20

Happiness in Double-Shifting Class 21

Chapter

5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS 23

Summary of Findings 23

Conclusion 27

Recommendations 28

Bibliography 29

Appendices 31

A. Letter Requesting Permission of Gather Data 32

B. Questionnaire 33

Curriculum Vitae of the Respondents 35

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 LIST OF GRAPHS

TABLE TITLE PAGE

1 Demographic Profile of Respondents 12

2 The challenges meet by Senior High School

Students in Double-Shift Session 13

3 The Effects of the Challenges they meet

in Double-Shift Session 14

4 Facing the Challenges being a Student

of Mapandan National High School 16

5 Hardship in Adjustment to the double-shifting

session in Mapandan National High

School 17

6 Impact of Double-Shifting Class to Respondents’

Performance 18

7 Proper Time Management 19

8 Choices in the Schedule Morning or Afternoon

Shift Class 20

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9 Save more money, efforts and time in

Double-Shift Class 20

10 Happiness in Double-Shifting Class 21

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