Problems of The First Year College Students

Abstract

The research study was conducted to determine the problems confronting the GSC college students. The descriptive method of research was used in the study. The respondents of this study were the 26% of students randomly selected from the total population of the GSC first-year college students enrolled for the second semester of AY 2006–2007 using the Slovin formula.

The needed data in this study was gathered using the checklist of problems used by the Guidance Office in determining the problems of the students. Upon identification of the respondents, they were grouped according to their course, year, and section for an easy administration of the study. The conduct of the study was done in March 2006.

The statistical tools used were frequency counts, percentage, mean, and ranking. Results revealed that the majority of the respondents had ages ranging between 23 years old and below. The majority were female with family income below ₱2000.00 per month.

The issues and concerns among the problems of the college students of GSC which need to be given attention were academic problems which ranked first, followed by personal problems, then by health problems, social problems, family problems, and problems regarding religion which got the lowest mean responses.

Despite the fact that divorce is not practiced and not tolerated in the country, especially in the rural area like Euphemas, 10.11% of the total respondents have broken families. This situation needs to be looked into closely, as well as teachers should be aware of the students’ predicament so that they can handle students’ feelings inside the classrooms whenever discussions regarding family relations crop up.