RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ CLASS ATTENDANCE AND THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT

The study examined the relationship between students’ class attendance and their academic performance. To this end, four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive surveys were employed for the study. A special form was designed to collect data on class attendance and academic performance from 1800 students who formed the unit of analyses. Relevant data gathered were used to test 4 hypotheses. Frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation were used to analyze data in the quest for testing the research hypotheses. The hypotheses were subjected to Pearson’s product moment correlation co-efficient test and the t-distribution test at an alpha level of p