Volume 9 Issue 2 Article 15
Opinions of English Teachers about the Reasons for the Absenteeism of Primary School Students
Mustafa Bingol1
1English Language Teaching Department, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Erbil, Iraq
Abstract: The aim of this study is to reveal the reasons for absenteeism of students in primary schools according to the views of English teachers. This research was designed with the qualitative research phenomenology pattern. The study group of this research consists of a total of 35 English teachers, 20 of whom are female and 15 are male. The data were collected with a semi-structured interview form and analyzed with descriptive analysis. In this study, financial problems emerged as the biggest factor causing students to be absent from school.
Keywords: Absenteeism, English Teacher, Students, Negative Attitudes
Published: June 5, 2022
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International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies
ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print), May 2022, Vol.9, No.2
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