Children of overseas filipino workers and their academic performance

The parents are the provider of the basic needs of their children and considered as first educational institution for the children for it is the first place where children learn the basic learning and the first socialization of children where values, customs and culture is being introduced. Children in general, usually look up to their parents in terms of how they should act. The family serves as the first institution, in which children learn the very basic and essential values. Parents are there to give their children the love that they need, teach them what is the right and what is wrong while a child sees his/her parents as a role model and the most important person in his/her life. This study aimed to ascertain the academic performance of children of Overseas Filipino Contract Workers of the College of Teacher Education. This study utilized the descriptive research design. A questionnaire was used as the main data gathering tool from the respondents consisting of two parts that includes the profile of the respondents and the main question of this study. In the treatment of the profile of the respondents, the simple frequency count, percentage, and the academic performance of the respondents, the weighted mean had been used. On the basis of the findings of the study, the respondent's performance in their class which is very satisfactory is not affected by the absence of their parents. Based from the findings of this study, the researcher recommends that the children of Overseas Filipino Worker's should continue to strive and study hard despite the absence of their parents which may serve as an inspiration and a motivation for them to study harder and perform well in school and inculcate in their minds the sacrifices that their parents are enduring just as to provide them their needs and that the institution should provide the students the necessary guidance and assistance in terms of counseling and activities that would lessen the feeling of longing on the part of the students.