Effectiveness of individual counseling self-management techniques to reduce truancy behavior in students: Enhancing Education Quality (SDGs 4)

¹ Faculty of Education, State University of Surabaya, 60213 Surabaya, Indonesia
² Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: najlatunnaqiyah@unesa.ac.id

Abstract

Skipping school among students is characterized by frequently leaving school before school time, not going to school on alternative days and not going to school without providing correct information. One way to overcome this problem is to provide individual counseling services using self-management techniques that have five stages, namely, relationship building, self-monitoring, stimulus control, self-evaluation and self-reward. Self-management can improve the quality education, this can be seen from the objectives of self-management, including improving social and reducing bad behavior. This article aims to determine the effectiveness of individual counseling by using self-management techniques to reduce school truancy among students. The results of the study showed a decrease in the frequency of truancy after students received individual counseling with techniques on self-management. The implications educators, extend to provide a comprehensive picture of the effectiveness of individual counseling using self-management techniques to reduce truancy and its potential contribution to the SDGs. In addition, future researchers can build on these findings to develop and improve learning activity in an educational context, ultimately contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.