Jumping Over the Fence: The Stories of Senior High School Students

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue XI, November 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Jumping Over the Fence: The Stories of Senior High School Students

 Herdin Gray Intervencion Cutab
Block 8, Lot 8, Iga Uy Village, Madaum, Tagum City

Abstract: Jumping over the fence is a long-time problem not only in the school but also worldwide. For this reason, this study was conducted to determine the cause of the problem and provide implications. With the use of phenomenological research design, data gathered using Focus Group Discussion and In-Depth Interviews from the ten (10) purposively selected participants reveal that their reasons include boredom, bullying, recreation and preoccupation. Despite this, they also feared academic lag, and parental expectations. The findings of the research also reveal that the jumpers also faced several negative and positive consequences. In the light of these findings, implications and recommendations were presented in this manuscript.

Keywords: Jumping over the Fence, Senior High School, Cutting Class, Truancy

I. INTRODUCTION

School fence offers security and safety inside the school premises. It is what protects primarily the students from the strangers who could go in and out of the campus. Accordingly, without school fencing, the school grounds could be left open for kidnappers, sexual predators and feral animals plus the class-dodging activities that students are likely to commit (McBride, 2016).

However, with or without school fences, students learn to escape. In fact, in the study cited by. This could mean certain harm to the jumpers especially that their numbers are constantly increasing to ditch from their classes.

In England, a five-year old boy jumped over the fence to duck out his lessons. This happened despite the constant reminder of their head teacher about the dangers of jumping over the fences (Adams, 2015). Considering his age, pre-schools and elementary schools are not exempted from this appalling situation.
This scenario in fact is encountered by most of the schools in the Philippines. To decrease the number of jumpers, the Department of Education has ordered a tighter watch on the internet café’s in school zones around the country after receiving a lot of reports of students cutting classes, in order to play online games or stay in social networking sites (Siytangco, 2019). Knowing that the school gate is close during class hours, students jump over the fence as an easy way to go outside the campus and escape from their classes (Adams, 2015).

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