Using Family Support and Peer Tutoring in Reducing Truancy of Schooling Adolescents

Abstract

This study reviewed the effect of family support and peer tutoring in reducing truancy behavior of schooling adolescents. It notes that though behavior may originate from the family and the heredity traits, internal and external motivation may also have a strong correlation in defining the behavior of schooling adolescents. The paper therefore suggest the use of  family support and peer tutoring in reducing to a minimal the distraction to learning that truancy carries along among schooling adolescents