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1.0 INTRODUCTION This section will introduce the background of the proposed report, objective of the study(s) and the research question which can be asked.

Attending classes,event or job etc, which is dedicated for a person, a group or an association is a must for the person,group or association. Attending something which is compulsory is a must and no negotiation are accepted. This apply to all people, without taking into consideration of their age,background,gender,status,race or religion. Surgeon need to attend their scheduled surgery, manager need to attend work to manage their subordinate and student and teacher need to attend their classes etc.
 * 1.1Background**

This include our subject,2nd Year Software Engineering Student. But some of them does not really care about the importance of attending the classes but they tend to skip classes and playing truancy even though they seem to be aware that class attendance is important (Martindale, 2007). Thus, we want to investigate the causes of this absenteeism problem,type of people who tend to have absenteeism problem and how to prevent absenteeism from getting worse.. The goal of this project is to give an overview to parent, student and also the UMP management on how and why this unethical problem happen and at the same time and to provide some solution to prevent this situation from getting worse.

The purpose of this study are: 1. To investigate causes of the absenteeism which happen among the 2nd Year BCS students. 2. To investigate the types or categories of truant. 3. To investigate the best ways to prevent absenteeism from getting more serious.
 * 1.2Research Objective :**

1. What are the types or the categories of truants? 2. What are the causes of absenteeism among the 2nd Year BCS students? 3. What are the suggestions to prevent absenteeism?
 * 1.3Research Questions :**


 * 1.4Definition of term**