When students are tardy or absent, or when they drop out of school, sequential learning

cannot occur, subject matter and skills cannot be developed, and much student talent is wasted .at

–risk students identify in the school setting include goes exhibiting signs of alcohol consumption,

drug abuse, or anti-social behaviour .this student need assistant to overcome their problems and to

achieve in school. When counselling in the school setting is not sufficient, this students need to be

referred to appropriate services in the community. For some high school students the immediate

earnings from employment seems more significant than staying in school. This student need

courses in vocational education and assistance to help them developed positive attitudes toward

education, perceive alternative to dropping out, and realize the worth of long term goals. Family

situations, such as cultural differences between values taught, at home and school, separation,

divorce, or out. School personal need to be determine causes of tardiness, absenteeism and

dropping out and to provide necessary remediation ( Ediger ,Marlow 1987)

In evaluating the deleterious effects of missing in school time, research has almost

exclusively focused on absences, and almost no attention has been paid to tardiness. Hence, this

study contributes a new dimension to the field by examining the effect of student tardiness on

academic achievement. Employing an empirical model on a large-scale, longitudinal, multilevel

data set of urban elementary school children over 6 years of observation there are 2 significant

findings. First, students with greater tardiness perform worse on both standardized reading and

math test. Second, holding constant an individual’s own record of tardiness, students whose

classmates are tardy more frequently also have lower test score. Hence, the achievement gap

widens even further for students who also have greater individual level of tardiness. Policy

implications are discussed. (Michael Gottfried 2012)

 Personality as a ‘’pattern of habits, attitudes and traits that determine an individual’s

characteristics, behaviour and traits he further describes personality as ‘’the dynamic organization

within the individual of those psychological systems that determine his characteristics behaviour

and thoughts’’ (Gordon Allport 1990)

Personality as the end result of the typical ways in which and person reacts, the product of

his motivation, emotions feeling tones, style of thinking and attitudes,’’ personality is partly in

born and nervous system are largely responsible for the inborn aspects the associate either through

imitation or through hostile reactions when we are thwarted Habits are reaction so often repeated

as to become fixed characteristics or tendencies good habits results from choice and are required

through effort (the encyclopaedia international,1967)

Anxiety may appear any time think of anxiety as a feeling of uneasiness, comprehension

or fear that has a vague or unknown source. Anxiety affect students’ performance anxiety at

relatively low to moderate levels can be destructive and non-adaptive within the classroom setting

there are numerous sources of anxiety for students teachers examinations peer relations

achievements settings like or dislike of subjects however there are certain situations in which the

students feel particularly anxious last not in other situations this describe the condition called

situational anxiety there are other individuals however who are almost always in a state of anxiety

called neurotic or trait anxiety (educational psychology pg.21)

Pseudo-Feebleminded is more of an emotional disorder rather than of mental retardation

the term ‘’pseudo-feebleminded has been used because individuals in this category react with

stupid behaviour manifest lack of interest in work or in ambition and reacts with extreme

withdrawal from fear failure or criticism.

 Dreaming state is the part of the sleep continuum called the’ ’paradoxical sleep’’ between

waking and sleeping, so called because the subject is near to being awake (by EEG criterion i.e.,

use of the encephalogram-a low voltage and relatively fast pattern of changes) and hard to arouse

by another increase arousal threshold it is at this stage when R.E.M (Rapid Eye Movement) occur

and when REM is occurring it is difficult to arouse a sleeping subject.

Students who are frequently tardy have lower grades, scores on standardized assessments, and

graduation rates. Chronic tardiness in elementary and middle school is associated with failure in

high school. A national study reported higher rates of absenteeism and tardiness for dropouts

(Ekstrom, Goertz, Pollack, and Rock, 1986).

Being always late in class can affect the learning of a student as well as she/ he can disturb other

students and also the teacher who are having a class.

According to breeze et al. (2010) lateness is synonymous to “Tardiness”, which implies being

slow to act or being slow to respond, thus not meeting up with proper or usual timing. Habitual

tardiness can also be learned from other members of the family especially from the older ones.

Film watching at night can also affect the tardiness of a students.

According to Nakpodia and Dafiaghor (2011), waking up late in the morning are one of the most

factors of lateness why they go to school late is because of heavy traffic, household chores,

vehicle breakdowns and lack of responsibility are some reasons why students arrive late to class.

One of the most recurring and most “Frustrating problem” that the school nowadays are having

tardiness
(Sprick and Daniels,2007). If a student sleep late at night she/he forget that on the next day

she/he need to be on the school. Parents that untimely tasks and commands are also reasons that

a student come late to school. The distance between the student’s home from school or the

school’s location is also considered as the cause of tardiness. Lack of firm and consistent policy

can also encourages the students to come late at school since there is no consequences attached

to lateness or tardiness. A student is considered tardy when she/he is not present when the school

bell ring when the teacher start to give instruction for the first subject in the morning class.

According to weade (2004), defined tardiness “being late for any measurable length of time past

the stated or schedule start school.