Abstract

A school was a place to get knowledge. A student absentee is a major concern for lecturers at institutions of teacher education learning. Absences create a dead, tiresome, unpleasant classroom environment that makes students who come to class uncomfortable and the lecturer irritable. The objective of the study was to study the causes of student teacher absentees in teacher education institution. The investigator selected the sample through random sampling, 994 student teachers were selected from teacher education institution from Allahabad. To collect the data researcher has used Absenteeism Inventory constructed by researcher. The salient finding of the study was the Male student teachers are more absent in their Teacher education Institution than Female student teachers and student teachers in Private Teacher education Institution are more absent in their Teacher education Institution than student teachers in Government Teacher education Institution.

Highlights

  • A school was a place to get knowledge

  • A student absentee is a major concern for lecturers at institutions of teacher education learning

  • 1) There is no difference in absenteeism between Male and Female student teachers in teacher education Institution

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A student absentee is a major concern for lecturers at institutions of teacher education learning. Tiresome, unpleasant classroom environment that makes students who come to class uncomfortable and the lecturer irritable. An absentee disturb the dynamic teaching-learning environment and adversely affects the overall well-being of classes (Segal 2008). Absentees are a waste of educational resources, time and human potential. Student absentees cause rework and wasted time for lecturers. Lecturers who spend class time re-teaching lessons take instructional time away from students who attend class regularly, and the extra time spent going over absentee homework and class assignments takes time away from lecturer planning periods and time needed to provide individual assistance (Weller 1996). When students are absent from class, they miss valuable information resulting from peer-lecturer interaction and the benefits of the specific

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