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Volume no. 13 | 2020
Issue no. 1


Title
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PLAN FOR STUDENT ASSISTANTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BATANGAS
Author
Dahren Lizette S. Jarabe, Renalyn M. Barbosa, Peter John M. Canites, Mark Anthony M. De Jesus, and Daisy D. Maghirang, MBA, LPT, RPM, CHRA
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Abstract
The research is conducted to determine the relationship between the frequency of problems being encountered by the student assistants to accomplish work and studies and the extent to which problems affect their academic performance. The participants were 175 student assistants from the different offices and departments of University of Batangas in the Hilltop and Elementary Campuses during the academic year 2014–2019. The descriptive method was used by the researchers in conducting the study. The researchers used the Raosoft formula to determine the participants and used a survey questionnaire as the data gathering instrument. Based on the gathered data, it was found that the problems frequently encountered by student assistants relative to performing work and studies were “experience of excessive workload beyond normal duties and responsibilities'', “inability to attend extra-curricular activities”, “conflict of subject load and duty”, and lastly “conflict with classmates due to absence in group related activities”. Moreover, the research revealed that the given problems affect the student assistants in fulfilling academic requirements within the target year and in attending regularly in class to a moderate extent. The research further revealed that the problems encountered by student assistants in University of Batangas have no significant relationship to their academic performance. From the results, the researchers proposed an Academic Performance Plan to help student assistants address the difficulties being encountered in terms of work and studies, and most especially to help them improve more academically while performing their job.
Keywords
student assistants, academic performance, studies, work, academic performance plan
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