Patterns of Student Absenteeism in Addis Ababa Government Senior High Schools and Considerations for Containment
Abstract
Patterns of student absenteeism in government senior
high schools of Addis Ababa for the 1997198 academic year
were investigated using discreetly selected attendance registers
as well as questionnaire and interview. Analysis of attendance
records regarding 754 female and 751 male students in 18 grade
9 to 11 sections of three schools, and the opinions of selected
students and academic staff in the concerned schools identified
comparatively higher rates of student absenteeism on Mondays
(among weekdays), the afternoon shift (relative to the morning
shift), April (among six months), the second semester (as
compared to the first), males vis-a-vis females, and gth and 11th
graders (in contrast to 1fih graders). Causes and possible
remedial actions regarding the problem, including those
forwarded by respondents, are assessed specially from the
practical viewpoint.
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due to Excessive Absenteeism. M.S. practicum report, Nova
University, Florida. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED
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Characteristics on Absentee Patterns: Ninth Graders, (1979-80). Las
Vegas, Nevada. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No.ED 215
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Associated with Academic Debilitation Among Ninth Graders. Ethiopian
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Ficula, TV, et. a/. (1983 August). Factors Associated with School Refusal in
Adolescents: Some Preliminary Results. Paper presented at the
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Anahein, CA
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British Journal of Educational Psychology, 52, 179-187.
Hernan, J. L. (1991). Developing a Procedure for Accountability of Student
Absenteeism, et a/. Unpublished M.S. Practicum report, ~ova
University, Florida. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED
340144).
Institute of Development Studies (Sussex) & Ministry of Education, Ethiopia,
(IDS-MOE) (1996) Gender and Primary Schooling in Ethiopia.
Research Report, Ministry of Education, Addis Ababa.
Kossoris, M.D. (1958). Hours of Work and Output: A Study of the Effects of Long Working Hours on Efficiency, Absenteeism, Industrial Injuries and Outputs. In T.W. Harrel, Industrial Psychology, p. 198. New York: Rinehart & Co.
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Performance in Attendance and Achievement with Relationship to
the Use or Nonuse of a Restrictive and Punitive Administrative
Control Policy for Attendance. Exit Project, Indiana University at
South Bend. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. 278 120).
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and Solutions. Paper presented at the National Association of
Secondary School Principals Annual Convention, Las Vegas,
Navada.
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and Behavioral Sciences. New York: W.H. Freeman & Co.
Mayer, G. R. (1993). A Dropout Prevention Program for At-risk High School
Students: Emphasizing Consulting to Promote Positive Classroom
Climates. Education and Treatment of Children, 16 (2), 135-146.
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astedader mamariya [Guidelines for internal management and
administration of schools]. Addis Ababa: EMPDA
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Bole Printing Enterprise.
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London: Anchor Press Ltd.
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Academic Press.
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Offering Primary Education September-December, 1990 (Kingston).
In N.F. McGinn & AM. Borden, Framing Questions, Constructing
Answers. Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press.
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Expectancy-value Models in Psychology . New Jersey: Lawrence
Erlbaum.
Sapp, M. et. al. (1994, April). Cognitive-behavioral Therapy: Applications for
African - American Middle School at Risk Students. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans. (ERIC Document Reproduction service No.ED 369 859).
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