ABSENTEEISM IN ONLINE LESSONS
Many country education systems universally switched to online lessons with the pandemic. Even before that duration, chronic absenteeism is already one of the most serious problems faced by universities. However, the pandemic is an unpredictable event for the world. Therefore, most countries were unprepared for this situation and students try to get used to this but a high percentage of students couldn’t keep up. There are two reasons why students don’t attendance online lessons; getting lazy and poverty.
Firstly, students who are at universities are getting lazier than past due to they are always at home and they just sit in front of the screen and listen silently to their teacher. There are so many items lead to distraction such as telephone but students who are in the class tend to listen to lessons more carefully due to seeing the people around them listening to teacher. Therefore, they are constantly bored of studying. Also, the reason why university students are more absenteeism is that their parents don’t check the attendance in lectures of their child, not like a primary school student. So, students have no obligation to give an explain. Furthermore, delay in listening to lectures is also an excuse for them since the lectures are always recorded by teachers and they think that it is okay if I don’t attend the class, I will definitely watch later. Undoubtedly, they don’t watch the missing lectures anyway.
Secondly, poverty is a serious problem for online lessons as numerous students in the world haven’t an internet connection or electronic devices. A number of families cannot provide that to their child or if they have a few children, electronic devices at home are not adequate or their internet connection isn’t unstable owing to the multiple access. Consequently, there is an inequality between students. Although many charity help people to connect lectures, the number of students is excessive to get rid of this issue.
In conclusion, the online system is an issue to deal with all over the world. If the world can’t get rid of the corona virus, this system will be implemented for a long time by governments. Therefore, students are more resistant to studying and remind themselves that the duration of quarantine is temporary and will finish one day.