The study was designed to examine the most influential factor responsible for the problem of absenteeism among adolescents. Participants were 250 secondary school students from Amritsar city. The findings of the study reveal that among the different factors, teacher factor has found to have maximum influential on absenteeism followed by the school climate. Not only this, attitude of students is very strong factor in influencing absenteeism. Home Environment, classmate factor and e-media factor are also responsible for this problem but not so much influencing as the other factors. Gender wise qualitative analysis of trend of absenteeism of class IX shows that gender does not influence absenteeism. So teachers should make the learning of their students an interesting and enjoyful experience by considering child psychology and providing conducive school climate.
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2022: 6.012
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