Chapter V

SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the summary of the findings, conclusions, and the

recommendations of the study.

The findings of the survey revealed the answers to the following research
questions:

Summary
1. What is the level of the academic performance of students of WMSU-ESU in

the academic year 2021-2022? Using online as learning modality?

2. To what extent is the internet accessibility of WMSU-ESU students in terms

of:

a. location;

b. medium of learning; and

c. economic status?

3. Is there a significant relationship between internet accessibility and WMSU-

ESU students’ academic performance during online classes?

4. Based on the results, what implications can be taken?

Findings

The following are the findings of the study:

1. The total average grade of WMSU-ESU Imelda students who are officially

enrolled in online class in the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022

is 1.81 with the interpretation of Academically very satisfactorily. It implies that

the performance of WMSU – ESU students under the online learning modality
 is at least academically satisfactorily and were able to adapt the new ways of

learning using the internet, gadgets and the computer applications. The data

also shows that internet connection is not a problem in Imelda, Zamboanga

Sibugay since students can use connections either through data or Wi-Fi.

2. Extent of internet accessibility of WMSU-ESU students in terms of:

a. location;

The data shows that the internet accessibility of WMSU-ESU students with

regards to their location where Statement 1 (I have strong internet

connection at home) was responded with weighted mean of 2.40 and

adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. Statement 2 (I can easily access to

the internet) with weighted mean of 2.60 and adjectival equivalent of

“Often”. Statement 3 (I live in the area with piso-net and computer shop)

with weighted mean of 2.29 and adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”.

Statement 4 (I stay in the area that access the two-telecom service

provider) with weighted mean of 2.59 and adjectival equivalent of “Often”.

And statement 5 (Prepaid load is available in our area) was responded

with weighted mean of 3.21 and adjectival equivalent of “Often”. Total

weighted mean is 2.61 with adjectival equivalent of “Often”. This implies

that the students of WMSU-ESU Imelda can often access good internet

connection during the online learning of first semester of the school year

2021-2022 since most of the responses of the students indicates that they

have, though not that strong, internet connection on the area or on their
 place which helps them to have access to the internet and attend online

classes.

b. medium of learning; and

The data shows the internet accessibility of WMSU-ESU students with

regards to their medium of learning where Statement 1 (I have my own

smart phone) was responded with weighted mean of 3.54 and adjectival

equivalent of “Always”. Statement 2 (I have my own modem and never run

out internet data) with weighted mean of 2.10 and adjectival equivalent of

“Sometimes”. Statement 3 (I have gadgets other than smart phone to be

used in my online class) with weighted mean of 1.90 and adjectival

equivalent of “Sometimes”. Statement 4 (All my gadgets are upgraded)

with weighted mean of 2.14 and adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. And

statement 5 (I can charge my gadget at any time) with weighted mean of

3.03 and adjectival equivalent of “Often”. Total weighted mean is 2.54 with

adjectival equivalent of “Often”. This implies that the students of WMSU-

ESU Imelda students can often catch up the class discussion through

Google Meet as the mode of learning with enough mobile gadgets and

laptops.

c. economic status?

The data shows the internet accessibility of WMSU-ESU students with

regards to their economic status where Statement 1 (I can afford to buy

mobile gadgets for my online class) was responded with weighted mean of
1.89 and adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. Statement 2 (I have

enough money to buy Prepaid load) with weighted mean of 2.27 and

adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. Statement 3 (I can attend classes

either through landline Wi-Fi (PLDT) or mobile data) with weighted mean

of 2.68 and adjectival equivalent of “Often”. Statement 4 (My

parents/guardian provided me with personal modem) with weighted mean

of 2.00 and adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. And statement 5 (My

family have more than one smart phone at home) with weighted mean of

2.32 and adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. Total weighted mean is

2.23 with adjectival equivalent of “Sometimes”. This implies that although

there are students who can afford in online learning, we cannot deny the

fact that there are students struggle in providing their needs during online

classes.

This is supported by Husniya (2018) in his study that a number of students

agreed that the quality of internet connection affects their interaction such

as the bad internet connection that does not allow them to interact and

attend all of their lectures as the connection is slow and bad in their

region.

According to Madhubrota et al. (2020), lack of smartphones and other

gadgets hinder educational opportunities for the students in rural areas.

According to Bedi (2020), children from poor families studying on

government and municipal schools in the national capital are staring at

 disruptions in their studies without access to mobiles, internet and laptops

or desktops.

3. Significant relationship between Internet Accessibility and WMSU-ESU

students’ Academic Performance during online classes was found out that

the value of the Correlation Coefficient between the internet accessibility and

the general point average of the WMSU – ESU students, r s, is 0.357 and is

statistically significant at 0.01 level which implies that there is a weak

relationship of the said variables and the null hypothesis of the study was

rejected. This also shows that if a student can access to the internet during

online classes, the student can perform well in their studies.

4. Our aim in this study is to determine how strong the speed of the internet

contributes to the academic performance of the WMSU-ESU students during

online learning implementation. The researchers have done a survey on 63

respondents through Google Forms. According to the results several

implications were found by the researchers.

Firstly, during online classes a student should be in a place where they can

access to the internet in order for them to actively participate in the class.

Thus, the researchers suggest to the school administrators that they should

consider those students who are living in areas out of cellular signal.

Second, being financially stable and having enough resources that can be

used in online learning such as laptop, smartphones, wi-fi, etc. is really an

advantage and useful for students for them to continue learning and still can
 have the quality education despite of the sudden shift of the education

system. Hence, the researchers suggest that parents should find means to

support and provide the needs of their children in regards to their online

classes.

Lastly, the researchers come up to a conclusion that the quality of students’

performance academically during the implementation of online learning

depends on their capability of having the media to be used during online

classes as well as the condition of their internet. If the student has a poor

internet connection or does not have internet connection at all then they will

also have a poor performance on their academics, but if a student has strong

and stable internet connection, they can always attend their online classes,

can actively participate during class discussion, can cope with all their lesson

and most likely to have good academic performance.

Conclusions

Based on the results, the researchers concluded that the internet

accessibility of the students of WMSU-ESU in terms of their location, medium of

learning and economic status has a significant relationship to their academic

performance.

This research study found that the students of WMSU-ESU Imelda can

often access to the internet during the online learning of first semester of the

school year 2021-2022. At the same time, the students of WMSU-ESU Imelda

students can often catch up the class discussion through Google Meet as the
mode of learning with enough mobile gadgets and laptops. Although there are

students who can afford in online learning, we cannot deny the fact that there are

students struggle in providing their needs during online classes. This implies that

although there are students who struggles to provide means for online classes

but when it comes to their internet connection, they can still manage to find other

means because they have other choices such as Piso-net and mobile data that

they can use and access on their location.

On the other hand, it was proved that the performance of WMSU – ESU

students under the online learning modality is at least academically satisfactorily

and were able to adapt the new ways of learning using the internet, gadgets and

the computer applications.

In general, the implementation of online classes due to the pandemic,

students can still attend in their classes and can be able to cope with their

lessons. This also proves that internet accessibility affects the students’

academic performance and through the results, the researchers found out that as

long as the students have a good connection as well as gadgets, online learning

is not a problem. Online learning modality had encouraged students-

centeredness during this lockdown situation. The student had become self-

directed learners and they learnt asynchronously at any time in a day.

Recommendations

a. For the Teachers

 1. The teachers should give enough time to their students to comply all the

given activities especially to those students who are living without internet

connection or slow internet connection.

2. Teachers should continue being considerate to the student’s situation

especially if the students cannot attend some of their online classes due to

poor internet connection through giving them chances such as exempting

them from classes if they can give valid reasons why they were not able to

attend the class and also giving them extensions on when should they

submit their given tasks.

3. Teachers should look for other ways and strategies to improve more the

performance of their students during online class such as assigning them

a report and letting them lead their classmates throughout the entire class.

b. For the School Administrators

1. The school administrators should provide more accessible online class

applications to use by both teachers and students during online classes

such as google meet and google classroom which are more accessible

and budget friendly since these applications can only consume small

amount of mobile data. Although most of the students can access and

attend classes, there are still some students who struggles on their

classes through the use of MS Teams as it was required by the

administration. MS Teams as we all know is a large application that can

occupy much of a device storage and also consume more internet data.
 2. School administrators should let their faculty undergo different trainings

and workshops to improve the teaching strategies of teachers on how to

effectively handle students during online classes as well as trainings for

teachers on how to manipulate the different applications, gadgets and

other forms of technology in which they can use in online classes since as

we all know that there are some teachers, especially those who are in long

years in service who have not able to keep up with the advancement of

technology.

3. The school administration should enhance and add Wi-Fi avenues within

the school where students can connect anytime.

c. For the Students

1. The students should manage their time properly to be able to attend their

online classes and comply the given school works on time.

2. The students should find means to attend their online classes if possible.

3. The students should be advised to continue to utilize the internet wisely

that are intended for school purposes only.

d. For the Parents

1. The parents should continue provide the needs of their children such as in

purchasing prepaid load and gadgets to be used on their online classes.

2. The parents should remain observant and always giving their full attention

in monitoring their children’s condition if they are really attending their

online classes and uses their internet in school related works and other

important purposes.
 3. The parents should support their children not just financially but also

physically, spiritually and morally.

e. For the Future Researchers

1. The future researchers should conduct a study about the association of

Time-Management to the Academic Performance of the students during

the implementation of online classes. This current study may be used as a

basis for future research that is related to the education system during the

COVID-19 Pandemic.

2. The future researchers should conduct more studies about factors other

than location, medium of learning, and economic status that may affect the

academic performance of the students during online classes.

3. The future researchers are encouraged to conduct a study on the impact

of internet accessibility of the students during their online classes.