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 * 1.0 Introduction**

This chapter describes the background of the research project, research objective, research question and the definition of terms.


 * 1.1 Background**

Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation. Traditionally, absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implicit contract between employee and employer; it was seen as a management problem, and framed in economic or quasi-economic terms. More recent scholarship seeks to understand absenteeism as an indicator of psychological, medical, or social adjustment to work.

Absenteeism is not only a problem in Malaysia, it also a problem in many develop countries like the United Stated of America, United Kingdom, etc. In fact, it is a universal problem. To explain the situation, the literature uses the term ‘truancy’ and ‘absenteeism’ interchangeably. Both the terms are similar in connotation. The term ‘truant’ is derived from the Gaelic ‘truaghan’ which means wretch and was first used to describe poor Victorian pupils who absconded from school (Carlon, Gleeson and Wardhaugh, 1992).

Absenteeism among 2nd year of FSKKP student is most of the critical problems in UMP. 2nd year of FSKKP students include student from BCS, BCN and BCG. Thus, we would like to know the reason and the effect of absenteeism to overcome this problem.


 * 1.2 Research Objectives**

The major objectives of this project are:
 * To identify why students absent from the class.
 * To determine the effects of absenteeism on their performance.
 * To investigate the problem solving for student absenteeism.


 * 1.3 Research Questions**

This study seeks to answer the following questions:
 * What are the reasons for absenteeism among UMP student?
 * What are the effects of absenteeism on performance?
 * What are the best suggestions to solve this problem?


 * 1.4 Definition of Terms**

The following shows the acronyms used in this research:- · UMP - University of Malaysia Pahang · FSKKP - Faculty of Computer Systems & Software Engineering · BCS - Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering) · BCN - Bachelor of Computer Science (Networking) · BCG - Bachelor of computer System (Graphic)